title: [Pregnancy and inflammatory rheumatic diseases].
abstract: Inflammatory rheumatic diseases often affect females of childbearing age and pregnancy remains a challenge for this group of patients and their physicians. However, the majority of patients can now have successful pregnancies and deliver healthy babies as a result of our improved knowledge of the risks encountered during pregnancy, better preventive and therapeutic measures, and in particular close rheumatological, obstetric and neonatal monitoring. To ensure a favorable outcome, pregnancy should be planned to take place during a period of disease stability, monitored closely (physical examination, laboratory tests, and Doppler ultrasound), and treated appropriately.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Rheumatologie, Rheumazentrum Rhein-Ruhr, 40225 Düsseldorf, Deutschland. rebecca.fischer@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fischer-Betz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gromnica-Ihle
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*