Internal Medicine

Pregnancy

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Do you continue to use Botox to treat chronic migraine in a patient who becomes pregnant?

I found a study in which 32 patients continued on Botox for the treatment of chronic migraine. Only one had a miscarriage at 9 weeks and the rest seem...

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What is your approach to transitioning an SLE patient from a pregnancy incompatible regimen to pregnancy compatible regimen?

For example, when switching from MMF to azathioprine, do you overlap the treatments as you lower the dose of one and add the other?

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Would you use belimumab in a breastfeeding patient with SLE who has persistent joint pain, leukopenia and elevated dsDNA despite HCQ and azathioprine?

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Do you continue belimumab throughout pregnancy?

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Are there instances when you would pursue a kidney biopsy in a pregnant patient instead of waiting to perform the procedure post-delivery?

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Do you stop TNF inhibitors during the third trimester of pregnancy?

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What would be your approach to a SLE patient who is triple APS positive, has no prior VTE/obstetric events, is stable on HCQ and low dose aspirin, and wants to become pregnant?

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What considerations do you make to the dialysis prescription for a pregnant patient on peritoneal dialysis?

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What is your blood pressure goal for a pregnant patient on hemodialysis?

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In a patient with sickle cell disease on hydroxyurea who is planning to have a family, for how long should they be off the drug before trying to conceive?

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What are your recommendations for management of patients with familial polycythemia due to EPOR mutation during pregnancy?

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Do you ever consider treatment outside of the peripartum period in a patient with a history of obstetric APS?

i.e. obstretric APS without thrombosis or SLE

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What is your approach to differentiating SLE flare in pregnancy vs pre-eclampsia?

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What is the transfusion management of a sickle cell patient during pregnancy?

What are your target goals during transfusion, either prophylactically or during acute complication? Does your management change between vaginal deliv...

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Does serologic activity (e.g., high titer dsDNA, low complements) without clinical disease activity in a pregnant lupus patient affect maternal or fetal outcomes?

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