Despite Increased Disease Activity, Women who Attended a Dedicated Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pregnancy Clinic Had Infants With Higher Apgar Scores: A Population-Based Study.
Sangmin LeeCynthia H SeowKara NerenbergStefania BertazzonYvette LeungVivian Wai-Mei HuangTara WhittenStephanie CowardRemo PanaccioneGilaad G KaplanAmy MetcalfePublished in: Inflammatory bowel diseases (2023)
Women who attended a dedicated IBD-pregnancy clinic were more likely to have a disease flare prior to pregnancy, reflecting a more severe disease phenotype, but had similar perinatal outcomes and infants with better Apgar scores at birth. Our study suggests the value of these subspecialty clinics in providing enhanced IBD-specific prenatal care.
Keyphrases
- pregnancy outcomes
- pregnant women
- disease activity
- primary care
- preterm birth
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- healthcare
- ankylosing spondylitis
- ulcerative colitis
- palliative care
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- quality improvement
- adipose tissue
- cervical cancer screening
- weight loss
- health insurance