Chronic Renal Failure and Severe Diabetic Vasculopathy in Pregnancy

E. Albert Reece; Roberto Romero; Frank A. Chervenak; Peter A. Grannum; John P. Hayslett; John C. Hobbins

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1000035

American Journal of Perinatology, Table of Contents

Am J Perinatol 1984; 1(4): 341-344
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000035

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Chronic Renal Failure and Severe Diabetic Vasculopathy in Pregnancy

E. Albert Reece, Roberto Romero, Frank A. Chervenak, Peter A. Grannum, John P. Hayslett, John C. Hobbins

Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Nephrology Section of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The prospect of successful gestational outcome in pregnancies complicated by chronic renal insufficiency, severe hypertension, and diabetic vasculopathy is generally considered poor. This article describes a pregnancy with these complications in which a conservative form of management was utilized and resulted in a successful gestational outcome.

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