Uncomplicating the Complicated: Pregnancies in Lupus and APS
Jane Salmon, MD, takes us on a deep dive into identifying and predicting the risk for pregnancy complications in patients with lupus and APS.
Jane Salmon, MD, takes us on a deep dive into identifying and predicting the risk for pregnancy complications in patients with lupus and APS.
Dual antiplatelet therapy may be effective for the prophylaxis of recurrent arterial thrombosis in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome.
Intrauterine fetal death may be an early sign of antiphospholipid syndrome in pregnant women.
Recent evidence links specific bacterial, viral infections, and vaccination to the development of APS, but these associations are not clear-cut.
The aPS/PT antibodies might represent markers of aPL-related pregnancy complications, such as intrauterine grown restriction and preeclampsia.
Many patients with antiphospholipid syndrome develop neurological disorders that appear to have a nonthrombotic pathogenesis.
A European League Against Rheumatism writing committee has issued recommendations for family planning for women with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid syndrome based on a systemic review.
Study evaluated the complications and success rates for IVF in women with systemic lupus erythematosus or antiphospholipid syndrome.
Multidisciplinary experts provide 12 recommendations for the planning and management of pregnancy in systemic lupus erythematosus and/or antiphospholipid syndrome.
Although levels of aPL decreased throughout pregnancy, these changes were not found to be associated with changes in adverse pregnancy outcomes.