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Abstracts tagged "outcomes and pregnancy"

  • Abstract Number: 1436 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Pregnancy Outcomes in Partners of DMARD Exposed Men with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis – an Observational Study

    Paula Drechsel1, Jens Klotsche2, Martina Niewerth2, Gerd Horneff3 and Kirsten Minden4, 1Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, 2Program Area Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, 3Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 4Epidemiology unit, German Rheumatism Research Center and Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Males account for about one third of all cases of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). During the course of the disease and often into adulthood,…
  • Abstract Number: 2416 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Good Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes in Lupus Nephritis Patients with Complete Remission

    Weixin HU, Kang LI, Yinghua CHEN, Zhenzhao LIU, Liu YANG, Duqun CHEN and Haitao Zhang, National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

    Background/Purpose: To investigate the outcomes of pregnancy and neonatal and the risk factors of lupus flares and pregnancy complications in Chinese patients with lupus nephritis…
  • Abstract Number: 2420 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Pregnancy Outcome and Perinatal Complications of Neonate Born to Mothers with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Asia

    Chao-Yi Wu1, Shang-Chun Changchien2, Huang-Yu Yang3, Kuo-Wei Yeh4 and Jing-Long Huang1,2, 1Division of Allergy, Asthma and Rheumatology. Department of Pediatrics, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan city, Taiwan, 2Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan city, Taiwan, 3Department of Nephrology,, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan city, Taiwan, 4Division of Allergy, Asthma and Rheumatology. Department of Pediatrics, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the leading pediatric rheumatic disease affecting 30 out of a million women. Although spontaneous remission may occur in most…
  • Abstract Number: 2430 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Pregnancy in Women with Ankylosing Spondylitis Is Not Associated with Poor Obstetric Outcomes: Analysis of Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database 2003-2011

    Vikas Majithia and Shweta Kishore, Division of Rheumatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

    Background/Purpose: Outcomes of pregnancy are well studied in a number of rheumatic diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus. When compared, there…
  • Abstract Number: 2433 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Pregnancy Outcomes in Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease- a Single Academic Center’s Experience

    Katherine Kaufman1, Amanda M. Eudy1, Nathaniel J. Harris2, Laura Neil3 and Megan E. B. Clowse1, 1Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, 3Rheumatology, Duke University, Durham, NC

    Background/Purpose: SLE patients have poorer pregnancy outcomes than healthy patients, including a lower rate of live birth and higher rates of small for gestational age…
  • Abstract Number: 355 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Perceptions and Outcomes of Pregnancy and Lactation in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

    Brooke Mills1, Kathryn H. Dao2, Kristen Tecson2, Emily Fishman3, Rachel Tate2 and John J. Cush2, 1Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, TX, 3Texas A&M HSC College of Medicine, Dallas, TX

    Background/Purpose: Once diagnosed with a rheumatic disease, women often defer or avoid pregnancy or lactation, fearing adverse outcomes for their offspring or for themselves. Scant…
  • Abstract Number: 1311 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Pregnancy Outcome in Chinese Women with Rheumatic Disease Treated By Leflunomide (LEF)

    Yan Zhao1, lingxun shen2, zongwen shuai3, Hengli Zhao4, Weinan Lai5, Xiaoling Lai6, Shaoying Zhang7, Xuequn Wang8, Shaoxian Hu9, Wenli Chen10, Wei Ji11, Hua Wei12, Qi Zhang13, Lixia Pang14, huaxiang Liu15, Qiang Shu15, Jun-li Zhang16, Yating Zhou17, Qiong Jiang18, Huaxiang Wu19, Jing Xue19, Ganping Bai20, Li Zhang21 and Fei Xiao21, 1Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, 2Wuhan Union Hospital, wuhan, China, 3The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University, Hefei, China, 4Yantai Hospital of Traditional medicine University, Yantai, China, 5Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China, 6Guangxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China, 7Yiling Hospital, Yiling, China, 8The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinyang, Xinyang, China, 9Tongji hospital, wuhan, China, 10Wuhan Central Hospital, wuhan, China, 11Jiangsu Province Hospital of TCM, Nanjing, China, 12Subei People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China, 13Dongying central hospital, Dongying, China, 14Dongying Hospital, Dongying, China, 15Qilu hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China, 16Rheumatology, The Fifth Hospital of Xi’an City, Xi’an, China, 17Xian No5 Hospital, Shandong, China, 18Taizhou Hospital, Taizhou, China, 19The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China, 20Chongqing Southwest Hospital, Chongqing, China, 21Gothic Internet Technology Corporation, Shanghai, China

    Background/Purpose: LEF is a first line DMARD. Due to the teratogenic effects in offspring of rats in preclinical study, the patients who plan to get…
  • Abstract Number: 1316 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Risk of Preterm Delivery Associated with Perinatal Exposure to Dmards in Women with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Population-Based Cohort Study

    Nicole W. Tsao1,2, Eric C. Sayre2, Mohsen Sadatsafavi1, J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta2,3, Stephanie Ensworth4 and Mary A. De Vera1,2, 1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, 3Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 4University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Given the limited data on impacts of perinatal medication use, our objective was to investigate the association between conventional synthetic DMARD (csDMARD) use preconception…
  • Abstract Number: 3050 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Post-Partum Complications and Depression in New Mothers with Juvenile Arthritis

    Debbie Ehrmann Feldman1, Evelyne Vinet2, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre3, Elizabeth Hazel4,5, Ciarán M. Duffy6, Anick Bérard7, Garbis Meshefedjian8 and Sasha Bernatsky9, 1School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Rhematology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada, 6Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 7Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 8Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 9Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose:  There is little information regarding maternal post-partum complications in women with inflammatory arthritis conditions and none on persons with juvenile arthritis. Our objective was…
  • Abstract Number: 2446 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Infantile Hemangiomas in Infants Born to Women with Autoimmune Diseases

    Chelsey Forbess Smith1, Kenneth L Jones2, Diana L Johnson2 and Christina D Chambers2, 1University of California San Diego Department of Rheumatology, La Jolla, CA, 2University of California San Diego Department of Pediatrics, La Jolla, CA

    Background/Purpose: Infantile Hemangiomas (IH) are the most common benign vascular tumor in infants, estimated to occur in 4-5% of the general population.  Many of the…
  • Abstract Number: 1293 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    A Comparison of Prenatal Care  in Mothers with and without JIA: Association with Outcomes

    Debbie Ehrmann Feldman1, Anick Bérard2, Evelyne Vinet3, Ciarán M. Duffy4, Elizabeth Hazel5, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre6, Garbis Meshefedjian7 and Sasha Bernatsky8, 1School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 3Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 5Rhematology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 7Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 8Rheum/Clin. Epid., McGill MUHC/RVH, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Women who had JIA in childhood and adolescence may be at higher risk for adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes. Our objective was to examine…
  • Abstract Number: 2171 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    A Comparison of Maternal Outcomes in Women with and without Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

    Debbie Ehrmann Feldman1, Sasha Bernatsky2, Evelyne Vinet3, Ciarán M. Duffy4, Elizabeth Hazel5, Garbis Meshefedjian6, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre7 and Anick Bérard1, 1Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2Rheum/Clin. Epid., McGill MUHC/RVH, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 5Rhematology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 7Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Although there is a higher frequency of adverse maternal outcomes in mother with rheumatoid arthritis, little is known regarding mothers with juvenile idiopathic arthritis…
  • Abstract Number: 2185 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Small but Clinically Insignificant Decreases in Antiphospholipid Antibody Titers Occur in aPL-Positive Patients during Pregnancy

    Cécile Yelnik1,2, Flint Porter3,4, Ware D. Branch3,4, Jill P. Buyon5, Marta Guerra6, Carl Laskin7, Michael Lockshin8, Michelle Petri9, Joan T. Merrill10, Lisa R. Sammaritano11, Mary D. Stephenson12, Mimi Y. Kim13 and Jane E. Salmon11,14, 1Service de Médecine Interne, Centre National de Référence des Maladies Systémiques Rares, Hôpital Claude Huriez, CHRU Lille, Lille, France, 2Faculté de Médecine Henri Warembourg, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France, 3University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 4Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, 5NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, 6Rheumatology 3rd Fl Rsrch, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 7Medicine, Rheumatology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto and LifeQuest Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, 8Barbara Volcker Center for Women & Rheumatic Disease, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 9Johns Hopkins Lupus Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 10Clinical Pharmacology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 11Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 12University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 13Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 14Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: The presence of aPL has been associated with pregnancy complications, but the evolution of aPL titers during pregnancy in aPL-positive patients and the utility…
  • Abstract Number: 1866 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Birth Outcomes in Women with a History of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

    Debbie Ehrmann Feldman1, Evelyne Vinet2, Sasha Bernatsky3, Ciaran Duffy4, Elizabeth Hazel5, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre6, Garbis Meshefedjian7 and Anick Bérard1, 1Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Clinical Epidemiology - Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 5McGill University Heatlh Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 7Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Although there is a higher frequency of adverse birth outcomes in women with rheumatoid arthritis, little is known on the subject regarding women who…
  • Abstract Number: 1828 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A National Estimate

    Nicole Ling1, Isabel E. Allen2, Erica F. Lawson1 and Emily von Scheven3, 1Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 3Pediatric Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Pregnant women with SLE have increased risk of adverse outcomes including lupus flare, spontaneous abortion, preeclampsia/eclampsia, premature birth and maternal death, but pregnancy outcomes…
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