Family Planning Counseling and Practices in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Reproductive counseling commonly occurred, although information was inadequate for guiding pregnancy and contraceptive decisions in most pre-KT patients. Misconceptions about pregnancy potential and contraceptive efficacy and safety were common, as well as patient reliance on high-failure contraceptive methods. Improving patient knowledge and access to contraception and pregnancy planning is essential for honoring patients' reproductive wishes while lowering obstetric, graft, and perinatal risks in post-KT pregnancies.
Authors
- Julia Ritchie
- Dominika Seidman
- Emily R. Perito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2911-9684)
- Deborah Adey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9090-9135)
- Swathi Rajagopal
- Monika A. Sarkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4233-1062)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Loma Linda University (US)
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Transplantation
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.70047
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy and Medication Impact
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- University of California, San Francisco
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences