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Friday, July 5, 2013

Renal disease in pregnancy: chronic renal disease

Chronic renal disease is classifed as CKD 1-5 according to the severity.

Stage 1- GFR (ml/min/1.73m2) >90

Stage 2- GFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 60-80

Stage 3- GFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 30-59

Stage 4- GFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 15-29

Stage 5- GFR (ml/min/1.73m2) <15

Howevever, estimated GFR is not validated to use in pregnancy.

Source: An evidence based text for MRCOG

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