Exclusion of pregnancy in dialysis patients: diagnostic performance of human chorionic gonadotropin.

Natalja Haninger-VacariuHarald HerknerMatthias LorenzMarcus SäemannAndreas VychytilMartin JansenRodrig MarculescuReinhard KramarGere Sunder-PlassmannAlice Schmidt

Published in: BMC nephrology (2020)

Human chorionic gonadotropin is elevated > 5mIU/ml in 14.5% of non-pregnant dialysis patients of child-bearing age. In potentially fertile women, this cut-off can be used to exclude pregnancy. In case of an unknown fertility status, the ideal human chorionic gonadotropin cut-off was 25 mIU/ml.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
endothelial cells
peritoneal dialysis
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
induced pluripotent stem cells
pregnant women
type diabetes
patient reported outcomes
preterm birth
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
young adults