A Successful Pregnancy in a Patient with a Solitary Kidney
dc.contributor.author | Collison, A.H.K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-29T10:06:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-29T10:06:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
dc.description | Journal Article on Patient with a Solitary Kidney | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | A 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.uri | http://www.ghanamedj.org/archives/GMJ%201997%20Vol%2031a/Pregnancy%20with%20solitary%20kidney.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/33150 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Ghana Medical Journal | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 31; | |
dc.subject | endometrium | en_US |
dc.subject | anti tuberculosis | en_US |
dc.subject | Pregnancy | en_US |
dc.subject | Solitary Kidney | en_US |
dc.title | A Successful Pregnancy in a Patient with a Solitary Kidney | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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