Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Department of Nursing, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

Biography

Dr. N. Suganuma graduated from Nagoya University School of Medicine and obtained M.D. in 1978. After performing an internship, he belonged to Nagoya University as a staff of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Ph.D. was given from Nagoya University for research concerning prolactin gene expression in the placenta.

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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