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Chung K, Yin O, Kallapur A, Bass L, Coscia L, Constantinescu S, Moritz M, Afshar Y. Emergent prelabor cesarean delivery in solid organ transplant recipients: associated risk factors and outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2023; 5:100799. [PMID: 36368514 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Pregnancies after solid organ transplant are at a higher risk of antepartum admission and pregnancy complications including cesarean delivery. Emergent prelabor cesarean delivery is associated with increased maternal and neonatal morbidity in other high-risk populations, but its incidence and impact in transplant recipients is not well-understood. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to characterize the risk factors and outcomes of emergency prelabor cesarean delivery in kidney and liver transplant recipients. STUDY DESIGN This was a retrospective cohort study of all kidney and liver transplant recipients at >20 weeks gestation enrolled in the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International between 1976 and 2019. Participants admitted antepartum who required emergency prelabor cesarean delivery were compared with those admitted antepartum who underwent nonemergent birth. The primary outcomes were severe maternal morbidity and neonatal composite morbidity. Multivariable logistic regression was conducted for neonatal composite morbidity. RESULTS Of 1979 births, 181 pregnancies (188 neonates) with antepartum admission were included. 51 pregnancies (53 neonates, 28%) were delivered by emergent prelabor cesarean delivery compared with 130 pregnancies (135 neonates, 72%) admitted antepartum who subsequently did not require emergent delivery. The most common indication for emergent delivery was nonreassuring fetal heart tracing (44 pregnancies /51 emergent deliveries = 86%). Pregnant people who underwent emergent prelabor cesarean delivery were less likely to deliver at a transplant center (37.3% vs 41.5%; P=.04) and had increased rates of chronic hypertension (33.3% vs 16.2%; P=.02). There was no significant difference in severe maternal morbidity (3.9% vs 4.6%; P=.84), though there was an increase in surgical site infection in the emergent prelabor cesarean delivery cohort (3.9% vs 0%; P=.02). Among those with emergent prelabor cesarean delivery, there was a significant increase in neonatal composite morbidity (43.4% vs 19.3%; P<.001) with earlier gestational age at delivery (33.4 vs 34.7 weeks; P=.02), lower birthweight (1899 g vs 2321 g; P<.001), lower birthweight percentile (30.3% vs 40.6%; P=.03), increased neonatal intensive care unit admission (52.8% vs 35.6%; P=.03), and increased neonatal mortality (11.3% vs 1.5%; P=.002). After adjusting for year of conception, race, hypertensive disorders, and fetal malformations, there was a persistent increased risk of neonatal morbidity (adjusted odds ratio, 3.01; 95% confidence interval, 1.50-6.08; P=.002) associated with emergent prelabor cesarean delivery after transplant. CONCLUSION Almost one-third of kidney and liver transplant recipients admitted antepartum had an emergency prelabor cesarean delivery, and 63% of this cohort delivered outside of a transplant center. Pregnancies after transplantation should involve multidisciplinary transplant-obstetrics collaboration to ensure optimal antepartum disease management, especially for preexisting hypertension, to prevent and mitigate obstetrical and neonatal morbidity in the setting of emergent cesarean delivery.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kathleen Chung
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (Drs Chung, Yin, and Kallapur, Ms Bass, and Dr Afshar)
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (Drs Chung, Yin, and Kallapur, Ms Bass, and Dr Afshar)
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (Drs Chung, Yin, and Kallapur, Ms Bass, and Dr Afshar)
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (Drs Chung, Yin, and Kallapur, Ms Bass, and Dr Afshar)
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- Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA (Ms Coscia and Drs Constantinescu and Moritz)
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- Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA (Ms Coscia and Drs Constantinescu and Moritz); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (Dr Constantinescu)
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- Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA (Ms Coscia and Drs Constantinescu and Moritz); Department of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA (Dr Moritz); Department of Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL (Dr Moritz)
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (Drs Chung, Yin, and Kallapur, Ms Bass, and Dr Afshar).
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Yoshimura Y, Umeshita K, Kubo S, Yoshikawa Y. Anxieties and coping methods of liver transplant recipients regarding pregnancy and delivery. J Adv Nurs 2016; 72:1875-85. [DOI: 10.1111/jan.12957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Yasuko Yoshimura
- School of Nursing; Faculty of Health Sciences; Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences; Japan
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- Division of Health Sciences; Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Japan
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- Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery; Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine; Japan
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Marcus EA, Wozniak LJ, Venick RS, Ponthieux SM, Cheng EY, Farmer DG. Successful term pregnancy in an intestine-pancreas transplant recipient with chronic graft dysfunction and parenteral nutrition dependence: a case report. Transplant Proc 2015; 47:863-7. [PMID: 25724255 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Pregnancy after solid organ transplantation is becoming more common, with the largest recorded numbers in renal and liver transplant recipients. Intestinal transplantation is relatively new compared to other solid organs, and reports of successful pregnancy are far less frequent. All pregnancies reported to date in intestinal transplant recipients have been in women with stable graft function. The case reported here involves the first reported successful term pregnancy in an intestine-pancreas transplant recipient with chronic graft dysfunction and dependence on both transplant immunosuppression and parenteral nutrition (PN) at the time of conception. Pregnancy was unplanned and unexpected in the setting of chronic illness and menstrual irregularities, discovered incidentally on abdominal ultrasound at approximately 18 weeks' gestation. Rapamune was held, tacrolimus continued, and PN adjusted to maintain consistent weight gain. A healthy female infant was delivered vaginally at term. Medical complications during pregnancy included anemia and need for tunneled catheter replacements. Ascites and edema were improved from baseline, with recurrence of large volume ascites shortly after delivery. Successful pregnancy is possible in the setting of transplant immunosuppression, chronic intestinal graft dysfunction, and long-term PN requirement, but close monitoring is required to ensure the health of mother and child.
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- E A Marcus
- Department of Pediatrics, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States; VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Department of Pediatrics, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States; Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, DGSOM at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
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Spearman CWN, Goddard E, McCulloch MI, Hairwadzi HN, Sonderup MW, Kahn D, Millar AJW. Pregnancy following liver transplantation during childhood and adolescence. Pediatr Transplant 2011; 15:712-7. [PMID: 22004545 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2011.01554.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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More than 80% of pediatric transplant recipients will survive to reach adulthood, and many will consider having children. We report on outcomes and management of five pregnancies in four women undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation during childhood or adolescence and followed up at our Transplant Center. A retrospective clinical folder audit was performed. Mean age at transplantation was 13.3 ± 3.4 yr (range, 10-18 yr). Mean interval between transplantation and pregnancy was 15.4 ± 4.9 yr (range, 10-22 yr). Mean maternal age at conception was 28 ± 3.5 yr (range, 23-32 yr). Mean gestational age was 36.6 ± 1.7 wk. Mean birth weight was 2672 ± 249 g. Immunosuppression was cyclosporin based in three women and tacrolimus based in one woman. Pregnancy complications necessitating the induction of labor included fetal distress and rising maternal liver enzymes in two women, cholestasis of pregnancy and impaired renal graft function in one woman, fetal distress and preeclampsia in one woman. Modes of delivery were normal vaginal delivery in three women and cesarean section in one woman. No maternal or fetal deaths and no congenital malformations occurred. No episodes of rejection occurred during pregnancy. Two women experienced acute cellular rejection requiring an increase in baseline immunosuppression in the first year, following delivery. No graft losses occurred during a mean follow-up of 44 ± 17.9 months post-delivery. With careful management, pregnancy post-liver transplantation can have a successful outcome.
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- C W N Spearman
- Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town Medical School, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Goarin AC, Homer L. [Liver transplantation and pregnancy]. JOURNAL DE GYNECOLOGIE, OBSTETRIQUE ET BIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION 2010; 39:529-36. [PMID: 20144511 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2010.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2009] [Revised: 12/31/2009] [Accepted: 01/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Management during their sexual life of patients with a liver transplantation is a more or less common situation depending centers. Based on literature review, a focus on management of recipient women was conducted, from contraception to pregnancy, describing the complications related to the status of transplant recipient, but also those that may be related to immunosuppressive agents. If fertility and access to contraception are only slightly modified by graft, complications related to graft or immunosuppressive drugs can affect the pregnancy. On the maternal side, hypertension and preeclampsia are more common, as well as renal dysfunction, iatrogenic diabetes and bacterial or viral infections, acute rejection and graft loss do not appear to be influenced by pregnancy. The fetus is also exposed to risks such as induced prematurity and IUGR. Pregnancy in recipients of hepatic grafts therefore requires joint follow-up by transplant specialist and perinatologist, which leads in most cases to successful outcome for mother and child.
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- A-C Goarin
- Service de gynécologie obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, hôpital Morvan, CHU de Brest, 2, avenue Foch, 29609 Brest, France
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Most care of liver disease is in the ambulatory setting, and therefore the clinical needs of patients represent those of any other chronic illness. Emphasis must be given to preventative strategies such that liver lifetime (including pre-emptive strategies related to potential allograft survival) is maximised through timely intervention and avoidance of side effects. This review addresses the pertinent practical clinical concerns faced by clinicians as they manage adult patients with chronic liver disease, with an emphasis on preventing and managing symptoms and complications directly and indirectly related to the underlying disease.
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- Gideon M Hirschfield
- Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
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