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. 2020 Mar 12;35(Suppl 2):ii11–ii17. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa020

Table 6.

Patient 6 treatment course for a 27-year-old pregnant female who developed ESKD at 6 weeks of pregnancy

Pregnancy period Weight Dialysis schedule Symptoms, BP and medication
Before pregnancy 68 kg No dialysis

  • No treatment

  • No symptom
M3 68 kg

  • No dialysis

  • Créatinine 430 µmol/L

  • Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

  •  = 11 mL/min

  • 130/90 mmHg

  • No antihypertensive drug
M6 = training for home daily HD 76 kg

  • Session duration: 150 min

  • Weekly sessions: 6

  • Dialysate volume: 30 L/session

  • 128/94 mmHg

  • No antihypertensive
M8 = delivery 78 kg

  • Session duration: 150 min

  • Weekly sessions: 7

  • Dialysate volume: 30 L/session

  • 137/94 mmHg

  • No antihypertensive drug
2 months after pregnancy 70 kg

  • Session duration: 150 min

  • Weekly sessions: 5

  • Dialysate volume: 30 L/session

  • 100/62 mmHg

  • Bisoprolol for heart indication