The 25th Anniversary of the National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry.

The 25th Anniversary of the National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry. Clin Transpl. 2015;31:57-68 Authors: Coscia LA, Constantinescu S, Armenti DP, Moritz MJ Abstract The National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry (NTPR) is a unique resource for comprehensive information about parenthood after transplantation. To date, 1461 female solid organ transplant recipients with 2609 pregnancies and 879 male recipients who fathered 1358 pregnancies have participated in the NTPR. Over the first 25 years of the NTPR, pregnancy after transplantation has progressed from a situation where termination was once advised, to a topic of pre-transplant counselling with likelihood for success if established criteria are met. Pregnancy after transplantation remains high-risk; it should be carefully considered, planned, and monitored by a multidisciplinary health care team. Pregnancy and maternal outcomes vary based on multiple factors, especially on the type of organ transplanted and the pre-pregnancy graft function. As an open-ended condition-based study, the NTPR accumulates a vast amount of data that is used for comparisons that measure the reliability and benefits of treatments and for developing state-of-the-art management guidelines based on a review of current practices at participating transplant centers. NTPR data analyses have contributed to quantifying issues surrounding post-transplant parenthood such as location of the transplanted organ i...
Source: Clinical Transplants - Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Clin Transpl Source Type: research