title: Comprehensive approach to systemic sclerosis patients during pregnancy.
abstract: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease that usually affects women, with a male:female ratio of 1:4-10. It was thought that there was a prohibitive risk of fatal complications in the pregnancies of patients with SSc. It is now known that the majority of these women undergo a normal progression of pregnancy if the right time is chosen and a close obstetric care is delivered. The obstetric risk will depend on the subtype and clinical stage of the disease, and the presence and severity of the internal organ involvement during the pregnancy. The management of these pregnancies should be provided in a specialized center, with a multidisciplinary team capable of identifying and promptly treating complications. Treatment should be limited to drugs with no teratogenic potential, except when renal crises or severe cardiovascular complications develop.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Inmunología y Reumatología, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F., México.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rueda de León Aguirre
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Fetal, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, México, D.F., México.
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ramírez Calvo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Inmunología y Reumatología, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F., México. Electronic address: sofarodriguez@yahoo.com.mx.
authors.forename: Tatiana Sofía
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Reyna
mesh_terms: D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Complicaciones obstétricas; Embarazo; Esclerosis sistémica; Obstetric complications; Pregnancy; Systemic sclerosis