Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan

Biography

Dr. Chiharu Akazawa is a researcher in the Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan. He has numerous publications and Clinical Research in areas of Urology and Paediatrics Urology etc., 

Publications

• Mini Review   
  Pregnancy Counseling for Kidney Transplant Recipients
  Author(s): Yuki Yoshikawa*, Junji Uchida, Akihiro Kosoku, Chiharu Akazawa and Nobuhiko Suganum
  
  Given the possible medical complications, risks, and the need for informed decision making, pregnancy after kidney transplantation is a serious and difficult issue. In this article, we summarize aspects related to pregnancy counselling for kidney transplant recipients based on past research. Kidney transplant recipients tend to have overall higher rates of preterm deliveries, low-birthweight babies, and caesarean section than the general population. There have been instances of maternal complications such as preeclampsia, allograft loss, and urinary tract infections during pregnancy; in particular, hypertension is a common problem among kidney transplant recipients. Pregnancy counselling should start when a recipient chooses renal replacement therapy, and the counselling program should be tailored to the recipient's life cycle and treatment period. It.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2090-7214.20.17.341

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