Uteroplacental and fetoplacental blood flow in a patient with renal anemia

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Reister, Frank^; | Heyl, Wolfgang | Reister, Barbara | Funk, Andreas | Schröder, Willibald | Mann, Helmut | Rath, Werner

Affiliations: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany | Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

Note: [] Corresponding author: Dr. Frank Reister, Frauenklinik für Gyn. und Geburtshilfe, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, D‐52074 Aachen. Tel.: 0241/8088400; Fax: 0241/8888476; E‐mail: Frank.Reister@post.rwth‐aachen.de.

Abstract: We report on Doppler sonographic findings of a dialysis patient with renal anemia during otherwise uncomplicated pregnancy. Uteroplacental and fetoplacental flow relationships before, as well as after the dialysis treatments during the course of the pregnancy were in the normal range. The favorable flow condition in the utero‐ and fetoplacental circulation was associated with a low hematocrit. This in accordance with previous reports indicates a more favorable maternal and fetal outcome in association with a low hematocrit/hemoglobin concentration.

Keywords: Dialysis, pregnancy, Doppler sonography, hematocrit

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 33-37, 1998