TY  - JOUR
TI  - Pregnancy outcomes of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
AB  - Purpose: The aim of this studywas to evaluate theobstetric outcomes of women with rheumatoid arthritis(RA)Materials and Methods: This retrospective studyconsisted of 39 women with RA. Patients were evaluatedin terms of seropositivity, having disease >5 years or notand use of any medication.Results: Rate of preterm delivery and intrauterine growthretardation was 33.3% and 21.2%, respectively.Comparisons between seropositive and seronegativewomen did not show any significant difference. Havingdisease more or less than 5 years did not show anysignificant difference in terms of obstetric outcomes.Women with a coexisting disease had a similar rate ofmiscarriage rate compared to remainders (16.6% vs14.8%). Women followed up without any medication hasalso higher rates of miscarriage despite lack of statisticalsignificance.Conclusion: Pregnancies of women with RA must beconsidered as high risk due to increased rates of adversepregnancy outcomes such as preterm delivery andintrauterine growth retardation.
AU  - Fadiloglu, Erdem
AU  - ÜNAL, Canan
AU  - Tanacan, Atakan
AU  - Beksac, M.Sinan
DO  - 10.17826/cumj.664235
PY  - 2020
JO  - Cukurova Medical Journal
VL  - 45
IS  - 2
SN  - 2602-3032
SP  - 518
EP  - 525
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/384852
ER  -