Gynecological and obstetrical management of rheumatic diseases in reproductive age.

Gynecological and obstetrical management of rheumatic diseases in reproductive age. Minerva Ginecol. 2017 Sep 05;: Authors: Pepe F, Stracquadanio M, Privitera A, Ciotta L, DE Luca F Abstract The gynecologist's role in the management of rheumatic patients is complex: it includes the prevention of damage caused by drugs, the counseling about contraception to avoid pregnancy while taking teratogen drugs, the scheduling of pregnancy during the quiescent phase of the specific disease, the replacement of teratogen drugs and a competent management of the pregnancy. The task is carried out as part of a multidisciplinary team with particular attention on differential diagnosis between specific complications of pregnancy and the complications of the rheumatic disease. This is the right way to allow a conscious reproduction, with reduced risks and acceptable maternal-fetal outcomes, to this kind of patients considered at high-risk. PMID: 28891278 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Ginecologica - Category: OBGYN Tags: Minerva Ginecol Source Type: research