A Successful Pregnancy in a Patient with a Solitary Kidney

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dc.contributor.authorCollison, A.H.K.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-29T10:06:46Z
dc.date.available2019-10-29T10:06:46Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.descriptionJournal Article on Patient with a Solitary Kidneyen_US
dc.description.abstractA 24-year old woman. AM. with a tuberculosis right kidney was treated with right nephrectomy and anti-tuberculosis drugs including. rifampicin. Irregular periods 18 months after nephrectomy prompted investigation including. diagnostic dilatation and curettage (in the second half of her cycle) which yielded Normal secretory endometrium. Six months later. I,e. 2 years after the nephrectomy she presented with an 8-weeks intrauterine pregnancy. investigation revealed that she was in good health: blood urea and Creatinine were normal at 4m.moles and 86 micromoles per liter respectively. She received regular ante-natal care and all parameters remained normal. At 36 weeks she was admitted for closer monitoring and at 38 weeks a 3kg female live baby was delivered by cesarean section. The post-operative period was uneventful and she was discharged home on the tenth post-operative day, The patient has subsequently remained healthy and presented with a second pregnancy 2 years after the above delivery.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ghanamedj.org/archives/GMJ%201997%20Vol%2031a/Pregnancy%20with%20solitary%20kidney.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/33150
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGhana Medical Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries31;
dc.subjectendometriumen_US
dc.subjectanti tuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectPregnancyen_US
dc.subjectSolitary Kidneyen_US
dc.titleA Successful Pregnancy in a Patient with a Solitary Kidneyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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