Abstracts tagged "pregnancy"

Abstract Number: 0023 • ACR Convergence 2021
Investigating Temporal Changes in Pregnancy Among Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Healthy Women Using Co-expression Network Analysis
Matthew Wright¹, Dana Goin², Mette Smed³, J Lee Nelson⁴, Nicholas Jewell⁵, Jorn Olsen⁶, Merete Hetland⁷, Vibeke Zoffmann³ and Damini Jawaheer⁸, ¹UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Juliane Marie Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ⁶Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁷DANBIO and COPECARE, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁸UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland / University of California San Francisco, Oakland, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), while still an incurable disease, can often improve naturally during pregnancy. The specific mechanism(s) underlying this pregnancy-induced improvement, however, are not…
Abstract Number: 1717 • ACR Convergence 2021
One Year After the Publication of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Guidelines for Management of Reproductive Health in Rheumatic Diseases, Has Anything Changed? An Analysis of Rheumatology Practice at a Tertiary Care Medical Center
Yixuan Zhou¹ and Sobia Hassan², ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²RUSH University, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Successful pregnancies in patients with rheumatic disease are possible when they are well-monitored, adequately treated, and planned during periods of disease quiescence. Previously, a…
Abstract Number: 0070 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pregnancy Outcomes of Antiphospholipid Antibody Positive Patients: Prospective Results from AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION) Clinical Database and Repository (“Registry”)
Zeynep Belce Erton¹, Ecem Sevim², Guilherme Ramires de Jesus³, Ricard Cervera⁴, Lanlan Ji⁵, Vittorio Pengo⁶, Amaia Ugarte⁷, Danieli Andrade⁸, Laura Andreoli⁹, Tatsuya Atsumi¹⁰, Paul R Fortin¹¹, Maria Gerosa¹², Yu Zuo¹³, Michelle Petri¹⁴, Savino Sciascia¹⁵, Maria Tektonidou¹⁶, Maria Angeles Aguirre¹⁷, D. Ware Branch¹⁸, Doruk Erkan¹ and on Behalf of APS ACTION¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Campus, Bronx, NY, ³Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁴Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China (People's Republic), ⁶Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy, ⁷Hospital Universitario Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain, ⁸Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁹University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁰Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ¹¹CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, ¹²University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁵University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ¹⁶FORZAFORTE HELLAS LTD, Athens, Greece, ¹⁷IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, ¹⁸University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: APS ACTION Registry was created to study the natural course of disease over 10 years in persistently antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) positive patients with or…
Abstract Number: 1719 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pandemic-Associated Complications in Pregnant Women with Rheumatic Diseases
Diana Johnson, Hiral Dave, Yunjun Luo and Christina Chambers, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Pregnant women with rheumatic diseases may have been particularly vulnerable to the various consequences of the current pandemic, whether or not they were infected…
Abstract Number: 0079 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association Between Preconception Complement Levels and Use of Hydroxychloroquine with Pregnancy Outcome in Patients with Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Carriers of Antiphospholipid Antibodies: An International Multicenter Study
Daniele Lini¹, Cecilia Nalli², Laura Andreoli³, Francesca Crisafulli¹, Micaela Fredi¹, Maria Grazia Lazzaroni¹, Viktoria Bitsadze⁴, Antonia Calligaro⁵, Valentina Canti⁶, Roberto Caporali⁷, Francesco Carubbi⁸, Cecilia Chighizola⁹, Paola Conigliaro¹⁰, Fabrizio Conti¹¹, Caterina De Carolis¹², Teresa Del Ross⁵, Maria Favaro⁵, Maria Gerosa⁹, Annamaria Iuliano¹³, Jamilya Khizroeva⁴, Alexander Makatsariya⁴, Pier Luigi Meroni¹⁴, Marta Mosca¹⁵, Melissa Padovan¹⁶, Roberto Perricone¹⁰, Patrizia Rovere Querini⁶, Gian Domenico Sebastiani¹³, Chiara Tani¹⁷, Marta Tonello¹⁸, Simona Truglia¹¹, Dina Zucchi¹⁵, Franco Franceschini¹ and Angela Tincani¹⁹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²ASST SPEDALI CIVILI DI BRESCIA, Brescia, Italy, ³University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁴Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ⁶Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, ⁷Policlinico S. Matteo University, Pavia, Italy, ⁸Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, Rheumatology Unit, School of Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, ⁹University of Milan, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Department of "Medicina dei Sistemi", University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, ¹¹Lupus Clinic, Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Internistiche, Anestesiologiche e Cardiovascolari, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy, ¹²Polymedical Center for Prevention of Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion, Rome, Italy, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy, ¹⁴Division of Rheumatology, ASST.G Pini, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan and Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna, Ferrara, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹⁸BSC, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ¹⁹ASST Spedali Civili-University of Brescia, Gussago, Italy
Background/Purpose: APS is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by thrombotic events and/or pregnancy morbidities in the presence of confirmed positivity for aPL. Complement was demonstrated…
Abstract Number: 1722 • ACR Convergence 2021
Risk of Pre-eclampsia and Impact of Disease Activity and Anti-rheumatic Treatment in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Axial Spondylarthritis, and Psoriatic Arthritis – A Collaborative Matched Cohort Study from Sweden and Denmark
Anne Emilie Secher¹, Karin Hellgren², Bente Glintborg³, Ane Rom⁴, Merete Hetland⁵ and Fredrik Granath², ¹COPECARE, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ²Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³COPECARE, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴The Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵DANBIO and COPECARE, Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy-related syndrome with potentially fatal outcomes. In RA, high disease activity has been associated to adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm…
Abstract Number: 0236 • ACR Convergence 2021
Maternal Attachment, Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Pregnant Women with Rheumatic Diseases
Luis Gerardo Espinosa-Banuelos¹, Diana Carolina Rubio Torres², Maria Corral², Cassandra Skinner Taylor², Lorena Perez-Barbosa², Luz Fernanda Gutierrez Leal², Abraham Yair Lujano-Negrete³, Jesus Cardenas-de La Garza² and Dionicio Galarza-Delgado², ¹Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ²Hospital Universitario "Dr Jose E. Gonzalez", Monterrey, Mexico, ³Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Untreated perinatal anxiety symptomatology can be related to symptoms of anxiety and depression during the postpartum. The psychological bond created by the mother between…
Abstract Number: 1723 • ACR Convergence 2021
Factors Associated with Postpartum Flare in Women with Lupus
Anitha Ramu¹, Maedeh Veyseh¹, Brianna Lally², Shudan Wang³ and Anna Broder⁴, ¹Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Several prior studies have assessed disease activity in the setting of pregnancy and have shown that certain factors such as thrombocytopenia, systemic lupus erythematosus…
Abstract Number: 0238 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Impact of Preeclampsia on Pregnancies and Infants of Women with Rheumatic Disease
Megan Milne¹, Megan Clowse², Amanda Eudy¹, Congwen Zhao¹ and Ben Goldstein¹, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases, such as SLE, are associated with serious maternal, pregnancy, and infant complications. The role that preeclampsia plays in these outcomes in women…
Abstract Number: 1724 • ACR Convergence 2021
More Than 50% of Women with Chronic Rheumatic Inflammatory Diseases Present an Unfavorable Pregnancy Outcome: A Descriptive Analysis of the National French Healthcare Database
Anna Molto¹, Barbara Roux², Diep Tran², Aya Ajrouche², nathalie costedoat-Chalumeau³, Elisabeth Elefant⁴, Vassilis Tsatsaris⁵, Jeanne Fresson⁶, Brigitte Bader-Meunier⁷, Bruno Fautrel⁸ and Florence Tubach², ¹Rheumatology department, Cochin hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ²CEPHEPI, APHP, Paris, France, ³Inserm DR Paris 5, Paris, France, ⁴Teratogenic agents refernce center (CRAT) , Hôpital Trousseau, APHP, Paris, France, ⁵Obstetrics Department, Port Royal Maternity, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁶CHU Nancy, Nancy, France, ⁷Pediatric Immuno-hematology, Necker Hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ⁸Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Women with chronic rheumatic inflammatory diseases (CRID, i.e. rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or spondyloarthritis (SpA)) have been reported to have poorer pregnancy outcomes than the…
Abstract Number: 0369 • ACR Convergence 2021
High Frequency of Complications in Axial Spondyloarthropathy Pregnancies: Emerging Data from the Ankylosing Spondylitis Registry of Ireland
Sinead Maguire¹, Phil Gallagher² and Finbar (Barry) O'Shea¹, ¹St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: National registries are excellent sources of data to allow analysis of inflammatory arthritis such as axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA). Our understanding of axSpA has evolved…
Abstract Number: 1725 • ACR Convergence 2021
Higher Prevalence of Aspirin Use with a Specific Educational Tool in SLE Pregnancies: Preliminary Results
Joo Young (Esther) Lee¹, Arielle Mendel², Isabelle Malhamé², Sasha Bernatsky¹ and Evelyne Vinet³, ¹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University Health Centre, Mont Royal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Pregnant women with SLE are at substantial risk of preeclampsia. Best international practice guidelines recommend aspirin (ASA) in this population, as it reduces preeclampsia…
Abstract Number: 0619 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women with Rheumatic Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review and Quantitative Analysis
Maya Swaminathan¹, Gloria Shen², Irvin Huang², Diana Louden², Waqas Tahir³ and Namrata Singh⁴, ¹MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, Newcastle, WA, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, MN, ⁴University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Women are disproportionately affected by rheumatic diseases (RD), with many of them carrying the diagnosis in their childbearing years. Pregnant women with RD have…
Abstract Number: 1726 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Pregnancy Planning Quality Score to Assess a Systematic Intervention to Improve Pregnancy Planning for Women with SLE
Catherine Sims¹, Amanda Eudy¹, Jayanth Doss¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber², Kai Sun², Rebecca Sadun¹, Jennifer Rogers² and Megan Clowse³, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: The safest pregnancies for women with SLE coincide with periods of disease quiescence maintained by pregnancy-compatible medications. In the US, Black women are more…
Abstract Number: 1034 • ACR Convergence 2021
Racial/ethnic Differences in Lupus Pregnancy Outcomes over 1 Decade: A US National Study
Bella Mehta¹, Yiming Luo², Deanna Jannat-Khah³, Jiehui Xu⁴, Lisa Sammaritano³, Jane Salmon³, Michael Lockshin¹, Susan Goodman³ and Said Ibrahim⁵, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ²National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Weill Cornell Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disproportionately affects women and minorities of childbearing age. Although maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnancy among women with SLE have…

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