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- Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy
- Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 The Basics: for the Obstetrician
- Section 2 The Basics: for the Non-Obstetrician
- Section 3 Pulmonary Conditions Not Specific to Pregnancy
- 6 Pulmonary Infections in Pregnancy
- 7 Asthma in Pregnancy
- 8 Cystic Fibrosis in Pregnancy
- 9 Restrictive Lung Disease in Pregnancy
- 10 Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy
- 11 Pulmonary Hypertension and Pregnancy
- 12 Sickle Chest Syndromes in Pregnancy
- 13 Sleep-disordered Breathing in Pregnancy
- 14 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pregnancy
- 15 Other Pulmonary Conditions in Pregnancy: Pleural Disease, Haemoptysis and Air Embolism
- Section 4 Pulmonary Conditions Related to Pregnancy
- Section 5 Other Pulmonary Issues in Pregnancy
- Index
- References
11 - Pulmonary Hypertension and Pregnancy
from Section 3 - Pulmonary Conditions Not Specific to Pregnancy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2020
- Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy
- Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 The Basics: for the Obstetrician
- Section 2 The Basics: for the Non-Obstetrician
- Section 3 Pulmonary Conditions Not Specific to Pregnancy
- 6 Pulmonary Infections in Pregnancy
- 7 Asthma in Pregnancy
- 8 Cystic Fibrosis in Pregnancy
- 9 Restrictive Lung Disease in Pregnancy
- 10 Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy
- 11 Pulmonary Hypertension and Pregnancy
- 12 Sickle Chest Syndromes in Pregnancy
- 13 Sleep-disordered Breathing in Pregnancy
- 14 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pregnancy
- 15 Other Pulmonary Conditions in Pregnancy: Pleural Disease, Haemoptysis and Air Embolism
- Section 4 Pulmonary Conditions Related to Pregnancy
- Section 5 Other Pulmonary Issues in Pregnancy
- Index
- References
Summary
Despite advances in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension and improvements in obstetric care, pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains a leading cause of cardiac maternal death in the developed world. The last three decades have seen the development of effective therapies for specific forms of PH, improving patients’ symptoms and more than doubling survival in some forms of PH. Consequently there are an increasing number of women of childbearing potential with PH. Women may present for the first time, with PH in pregnancy, in the early post-partum period or patients with PH may consider pregnancy despite counselling regarding the high risks.
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- Respiratory Disease in Pregnancy , pp. 99 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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