Risk of Preeclampsia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes after Heterologous Egg Donation: Hypothesizing a Role for Kidney Function and Comorbidity.

ABSTRACT: Preeclampsia (PE) is a risk factor for kidney diseases; egg-donation (ED) increasingly used for overcoming fertility reduction, is a risk factor for PE. CKD is also a risk factor for PE. However, kidney function is not routinely assessed in ED pregnancies. Objective of the study is seeking to assess the importance of kidney function and maternal comorbidity in ED pregnancies. retrospective observational study from clinical charts. Sant'Anna Hospital, Turin, Italy (over 7000 deliveries per year). cases: 296 singleton pregnancies from ED (gestation > 24 weeks), who delivered January 2008-February 2019. Controls were selected from the TOrino Cagliari Observational Study (1407 low-risk singleton pregnancies 2009-2016). Standard descriptive analysis. Logistic multiple regression analysis teste

SUBMITTER: Fassio F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6912476 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature