The effects of pregnancy on asthma: a prospective study.
Forty-seven pregnant asthmatics were studied in a prospective study. Maternal asthma was exacerbated in 43%, most often in the last trimester. Normal physiologic alterations of pregnancy are reviewed as plausable explanations for the course of asthmatic patients during pregnancy.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D011446:Prospective Studies
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D011374:Progesterone