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Pre-Eclampsia Risk & Rheumatic Disease

April 21, 2022 • By Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP

Secher et al. evaluated the risk of pre-eclampsia in pregnant patients with RA, axSpA or PsA, assessing the effect of disease activity and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs on this risk.... [Read More]

Filed Under: ACR Convergence, Conditions, Drug Updates, Meeting Reports Tagged With: ACR Convergence 2021, pregnancy, pregnancy complications, pregnant women, Rheumatic Disease, Women

Blood Is Thicker Than Water: Updates on the ACR/EULAR Antiphospholipid Syndrome Classification Criteria

December 12, 2022 • By Jason Liebowitz, MD

PHILADELPHIA—Ever since the seminal work of C. Lockard Conley, MD, in 1952 of the discovery of the lupus anticoagulant, antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) has been of great interest to rheumatologists, hematologists and many others. At ACR Convergence 2022, the session titled Draft ACR/EULAR Antiphospholipid Syndrome Classification Criteria sought to summarize the rigorous process that went into… [Read More]

Filed Under: ACR Convergence, Conditions, Meeting Reports, Systemic Inflammatory Syndromes Tagged With: ACR Convergence 2022, antiphospholipid syndrome

From Contraception to Breastfeeding: Experts Address Reproductive Health & Medication Management

November 11, 2021 • By Mithu Maheswaranathan, MD

ACR CONVERGENCE 2021—Rheumatologists are often left in a challenging space when managing medications for patients with rheumatic diseases in relation to contraception, pregnancy and breastfeeding, especially with many novel immunosuppressants and often a dearth of pregnancy safety data. On Nov. 6 during ACR Convergence 2021, leading reproductive health experts came together to speak on this… [Read More]

Filed Under: ACR Convergence, Conditions, Meeting Reports Tagged With: ACR Convergence 2021, breastfeeding, contraceptive, pregnancy, reproductive health

Hope for Live Births in Women with Antiphospholipid Syndrome

September 14, 2020 • By Lara C. Pullen, PhD

For women with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), treatment with a combination of heparin and aspirin during pregnancy—rather than aspirin alone—may increase live birth rates, according to new research.... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS), birth, Hughes Syndrome, pregnancy, pregnant women

Baby on Board: The Rheumatologist’s Role in Family Planning for Patients with Lupus

January 2, 2020 • By Jason Liebowitz, MD

For patients with lupus, family planning discussions are vital to achieving positive pregnancy outcomes & maintaining overall health…... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, SLE (Lupus) Tagged With: family planning, Lupus, pregnancy, pregnancy complications, SLE Resource Center, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Women

Complications to Watch for in Pregnant Rheumatology Patients

November 18, 2018 • By Anat Chemerinski, MD, & Jason Liebowitz, MD

BALTIMORE—Understanding issues regarding pregnancy in women with rheumatic disease is important to patients and physicians alike, said Bonnie Bermas, MD, the Dr. Morris Ziff Distinguished Professor in Rheumatology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, in her recent lecture at the Maryland Society for the Rheumatic Diseases.The physiologic changes in normal pregnancy, which include increased circulating… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Meeting Reports Tagged With: pregnancy

Juvenile-Onset Arthritis Bodes Worse Pregnancy Outcomes

July 13, 2017 • By David Douglas

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Women with a diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are at increased risk of pregnancy complications, according to Swedish researchers. As Dr. Katarina Remaeus told Reuters Health by email, “In our cohort study . . . we found an association with adverse pregnancy outcomes including preterm birth, induction of labor and delivery… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), pregnancy complications, preterm birth

Rheumatologists Should Discuss with Patients Use of Immunomodulatory Agents During Pregnancy

November 16, 2016 • By Kimberly Retzlaff

The decision to continue or discontinue immunomodulatory medications during pregnancy is a difficult one for both patients and physicians. On the one hand, when left untreated, rheumatic conditions can cause harm to an unborn child, as well as to the pregnant mother. On the other hand, medications can be harmful to a developing fetus. In… [Read More]

Filed Under: Practice Management Tagged With: discontinuation, drug, immunomodulatory agent, Medication, patient care, patient communication, pregnancy, Rheumatic Disease, rheumatologist, risk

Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Puts Pregnant Women at High Risk of Preeclampsia

June 20, 2016 • By Lara C. Pullen, PhD

A recent review investigated risk factors for preeclampsia in early pregnancy, finding that antiphospholipid antibody syndrome may be the strongest risk factor. As a result of these findings, researchers have compiled a list of risk factors to help clinicians determine which women are more likely to develop the condition and aid them in weighing treatment options…... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Systemic Inflammatory Syndromes Tagged With: Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS), Hughes Syndrome, preeclampsia, pregnancy, Risk Factors

Why Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Should Be On Your Radar

February 1, 2014 • By Imad Uthman, MD, MPH, and Munther Khamashta, MD, PhD

With a wide range of clinical manifestations and frequent occurrence among rheumatology patients, APS is one for rheumatologists to watch... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, SLE (Lupus), Systemic Inflammatory Syndromes Tagged With: antiinflammatory, Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APS), clinical manifestations, Diagnosis, drug, Hughes Syndrome, HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, patient care, rheumatologist, rheumatology, rituximab, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Treatment

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