Case report: 11 years on hemodialysis with a 4-year-old baby girl: A success story
Despite advances in clinical management and dialysis care, the outcome of unplanned pregnancy in women on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) remains a difficult journey for the patient, fetus, and healthcare staff, particularly in low-resource countries. We report the successful outcome of a pregnancy i...
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| author | Alex Tatang Mambap Alex Tatang Mambap Efuetnkeng Bechem Kate Mafor Kan Kate Mafor Kan Sylvain Njoyo Laah Sylvain Njoyo Laah Frida Sunjoh Gloria Enow Ashuntantang |
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| description | Despite advances in clinical management and dialysis care, the outcome of unplanned pregnancy in women on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) remains a difficult journey for the patient, fetus, and healthcare staff, particularly in low-resource countries. We report the successful outcome of a pregnancy in an anuric woman on twice-weekly maintenance hemodialysis for chronic glomerulonephritis since November 2012 in Cameroon. She was discovered pregnant at 18 weeks of gestation. The pregnancy was maintained until 36 weeks when a healthy 2,270 g female baby was delivered by elective cesarean section for tight nuchal cords and intrauterine growth retardation. The mother’s post-partum period was uneventful. Except for hypoglycemia shortly after birth, the baby was fine. The patient is still on hemodialysis after 4 years, and the child is healthy and attending school. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31da4d9ec5c04c9099f2954fa15b947b2023-01-25T05:30:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2023-01-01910.3389/fmed.2022.10915681091568Case report: 11 years on hemodialysis with a 4-year-old baby girl: A success storyAlex Tatang Mambap0Alex Tatang Mambap1Efuetnkeng Bechem2Kate Mafor Kan3Kate Mafor Kan4Sylvain Njoyo Laah5Sylvain Njoyo Laah6Frida Sunjoh7Gloria Enow Ashuntantang8Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Bamenda, Bamenda, CameroonBamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, CameroonBamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, CameroonDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Bamenda, Bamenda, CameroonBamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, CameroonDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Bamenda, Bamenda, CameroonBamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, CameroonBamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, CameroonDepartment of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, CameroonDespite advances in clinical management and dialysis care, the outcome of unplanned pregnancy in women on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) remains a difficult journey for the patient, fetus, and healthcare staff, particularly in low-resource countries. We report the successful outcome of a pregnancy in an anuric woman on twice-weekly maintenance hemodialysis for chronic glomerulonephritis since November 2012 in Cameroon. She was discovered pregnant at 18 weeks of gestation. The pregnancy was maintained until 36 weeks when a healthy 2,270 g female baby was delivered by elective cesarean section for tight nuchal cords and intrauterine growth retardation. The mother’s post-partum period was uneventful. Except for hypoglycemia shortly after birth, the baby was fine. The patient is still on hemodialysis after 4 years, and the child is healthy and attending school.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1091568/fullpregnancyoutcomehemodialysis (HD)Cameroon (Sub-Saharan Africa)Bamenda |
| spellingShingle | Alex Tatang Mambap Alex Tatang Mambap Efuetnkeng Bechem Kate Mafor Kan Kate Mafor Kan Sylvain Njoyo Laah Sylvain Njoyo Laah Frida Sunjoh Gloria Enow Ashuntantang Case report: 11 years on hemodialysis with a 4-year-old baby girl: A success story Frontiers in Medicine pregnancy outcome hemodialysis (HD) Cameroon (Sub-Saharan Africa) Bamenda |
| title | Case report: 11 years on hemodialysis with a 4-year-old baby girl: A success story |
| title_full | Case report: 11 years on hemodialysis with a 4-year-old baby girl: A success story |
| title_fullStr | Case report: 11 years on hemodialysis with a 4-year-old baby girl: A success story |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case report: 11 years on hemodialysis with a 4-year-old baby girl: A success story |
| title_short | Case report: 11 years on hemodialysis with a 4-year-old baby girl: A success story |
| title_sort | case report 11 years on hemodialysis with a 4 year old baby girl a success story |
| topic | pregnancy outcome hemodialysis (HD) Cameroon (Sub-Saharan Africa) Bamenda |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1091568/full |
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