Multidisciplinary care ensures successful pregnancy following intestinal transplantation: a case report.

Authors :: Blackwell, V
Holdaway, L
Hogan, J
Gilbert, J
Sinha, S
Vrakas, G
Reddy, S
Friend, P
Mackillop, L
Harrington, D
Greenwood, C
Vaidya, A
Allan, PJ
Allan, P J
Source :: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Apr2017, Vol. 124 Issue 5, p825-828, 4p
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: The article describes the case of a 26-year-old women who undergone an isolated small bowel transplant when she was 6 weeks pregnant. Topics discussed include the medical history of the woman, the probable acute transplant rejection experienced by the woman which was treated with methylprednisolone, and the safety in pregnancy following solid organ transplant.

Subjects :: INTESTINE transplantation
SMALL intestine surgery
PREGNANT women
COMPLICATIONS from organ transplantation
METHYLPREDNISOLONE
SMALL intestine
TREATMENT of pregnancy complications
CESAREAN section
HEALTH care teams
PRENATAL care
TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
UNPLANNED pregnancy

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