Abstracts tagged "pregnancy and rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1310 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in a Cohort of Patients Exposed to Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors throughout Pregnancy
Geneviève Genest¹, Karen Spitzer² and Carl Laskin³, ¹Allergy-Immunology, McGill University and McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Trio Fertility, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Medicine, Rheumatology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto and LifeQuest Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitors (TNFi) are increasingly used during pregnancy but are frequently withheld in the second or third trimester to minimize transplacental transfer…