Chronic Management of Asthma During Pregnancy

Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2023 Feb;43(1):65-85. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2022.09.001.

Abstract

Asthma is one of the most common potentially serious medical problems to complicate pregnancy. Optimal management of asthma during pregnancy is thus important for both mother and baby. Treating asthmatic women requires understanding the effects of pregnancy on the course of asthma, and, conversely, the effects of asthma on pregnancy outcomes. Successful management also requires an understanding the barriers to asthma control in this population of patients. Evidence has shown that it is essential that the allergist-immunologist, obstetrician, and patient work as a team during pregnancy to achieve optimal maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Keywords: Asthma; Perinatal outcomes; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Allergists
  • Asthma* / diagnosis
  • Asthma* / epidemiology
  • Asthma* / therapy
  • Family
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pregnancy