[Characteristics of the course of the gestation period in patients with solitary kidney].

Clinical biochemical, bacteriological investigations and functional tests were performed in 37 pregnant females with a solitary kidney. The status of fetoplacental system was studied as well. The investigators noted such common complications of pregnancy as the aggravation of renal inflammation, a high rate of caesarean section and postnatal morbidity. It was concluded that in case of pyelonephritic affection a solitary kidney the pregnancy should be terminated. If the infection was absent and the performance of the kidney was preserved, the pregnancy could advance under a careful follow-up of the female's status by obstetricians and urologists.