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These pregnancies resulted in 174 (50%) abortions (<22 weeks), including 104 elective abortions (29.9%), 44 miscarriages (12.6%), 17 therapeutic abortions (4.9%), 5 ectopic pregnancies (1.4%) and 4 hydatidiform moles (1.2%).
The remaining 174 (50%) pregnancies with deliveries (≥22 weeks) resulted in 166 (47.7%) live births - 70 (42.2%) full-term, 96 (57.8%) preterm births- , and 8 (2.3%) stillbirths. Median gestational age was 36 (32–38) weeks for 174 deliveries.
Daily dialysis was highly associated with delivery probability (P <0.0001) versus conventional dialysis.
However, our study shows a significant proportion of elective abortions. Contraception or pregnancy planning and early multidisciplinary follow-up could advice better fertility management of women on chronic dialysis.
(1) Pregnancy in women on chronic dialysis in the last decade (2010-2020): a systematic review. Clin Kidney J. 2022 Sep 12;16(1):138-150
Partial results were presented at the congress of the SFNDT 2023 in Liège, Belgium.