title: [Pregnancy and lungs].
abstract: Respiratory pathology can be relatively frequent during pregnancy. One third of pregnant woman may experience worsening of their asthma condition. Pulmonary tromboembolism is 5 times more frequent in pregnancy. Bacterial, viral and fungal pneumonias are badly tolerated during pregnancy, provoking mother-foetal morbidity, respiratory insufficiency, low born-weight or prematurity. Non-treated tuberculosis may increase maternal mortality and preterm birth by 4 and 9 times respectively. Pregnancy is counter-indicated in women with cystic fibrosis and severe pulmonary function. Despite therapeutic progresses already made, pulmonary hypertension is associated to over 30% of mother-foetal morbidity and mortality. Approximately 1 in 1,000-1,500 pregnancies is affected by mother cancer. High rates of lung cancer morbility in women bring new and important challenges to therapy.
authors.affiliation: Interna do 5. ano de Pneumologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.
authors.forename: Inês A C
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Gonçalves Marcos
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects