ACOG practice bulletin: clinical management guidelines for obstetrician-gynecologists number 90, February 2008: asthma in pregnancy

Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Feb;111(2 Pt 1):457-64. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181665ff4.

Abstract

Asthma is a common, potentially serious medical condition that complicates approximately 4-8% of pregnancies. In general, the prevalence of and morbidity from asthma are increasing, although asthma mortality rates have decreased in recent years. The purpose of this document is to review the best available evidence about the management of asthma during pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Asthmatic Agents / adverse effects
  • Anti-Asthmatic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Asthma / diagnosis
  • Asthma / drug therapy*
  • Asthma / pathology
  • Female
  • Gynecology / standards*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Obstetrics / standards*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications / drug therapy*
  • Pregnancy Complications / pathology
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Societies, Medical
  • United States

Substances

  • Anti-Asthmatic Agents