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Acute Renal Failure in Pregnancy

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The Kidney in Pregnancy

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In the 1960s, obstetric acute renal failure (ARF) accounted for a substantial percentage of all cases of ARF, but there is compelling evidence that the incidence and the severity of pregnancy-related ARF have been declining steadily in industrialized countries during the last decade. This decline certainly reflects both the virtual disappearance of septic abortion and the improvement of prenatal care. In contrast, in nonindustrialized countries, both the incidence and the severity of ARF in pregnancy are still high. This chapter reviews the frequency of ARF in pregnancy, as well as clinical and pathophysiologic aspects of its causes and management, including the recently described, severe idiopathic postpartum renal failure, which is still poorly understood.

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Pertuiset, N., Ganeval, D., Grünfeld, JP. (1986). Acute Renal Failure in Pregnancy. In: Andreucci, V.E. (eds) The Kidney in Pregnancy. Topics in Renal Medicine, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2619-9_10

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