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Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency. Severe obstructive lung disease and pregnancy. 1977

C F Giesler, and J H Buehler, and R Depp

The case of a 37-year-old primigravida with severe obstructive lung disease and alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency is reported. Serial pulmonary function studies and arterial blood gases were obtained during the antenatal and postpartum periods. Intrauterine fetal growth was monitored with serial ultrasonic fetal biparietal diameter determinations. Serial oxytocin challenge tests were used to monitor uteroplacental function. Aggressive chest physiotherapy was used to maintain good maternal bronchopulmonary hygiene. A normal female infant was delivered vaginally at 38 weeks' gestation following an uneventful labor. The available obstetric literature regarding the outcome of pregnancy in patients with obstructive lung disease and cystic fibrosis is reviewed. This literature suggests that pregnancy in a patient with severe obstructive lung disease should be considered a medical indication for therapeutic abortion. Successful delivery of this patient with severe obstructive lung disease and alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency suggests that these conditions are not a contraindication to successful outcome of preganncy for both mother and child.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008173 Lung Diseases, Obstructive Any disorder marked by obstruction of conducting airways of the lung. AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION may be acute, chronic, intermittent, or persistent. Obstructive Lung Diseases,Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases,Lung Disease, Obstructive,Obstructive Lung Disease,Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,Pulmonary Disease, Obstructive,Pulmonary Diseases, Obstructive
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011248 Pregnancy Complications Conditions or pathological processes associated with pregnancy. They can occur during or after pregnancy, and range from minor discomforts to serious diseases that require medical interventions. They include diseases in pregnant females, and pregnancies in females with diseases. Adverse Birth Outcomes,Complications, Pregnancy,Adverse Birth Outcome,Birth Outcome, Adverse,Complication, Pregnancy,Outcome, Adverse Birth,Pregnancy Complication
D012129 Respiratory Function Tests Measurement of the various processes involved in the act of respiration: inspiration, expiration, oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange, lung volume and compliance, etc. Lung Function Tests,Pulmonary Function Tests,Function Test, Pulmonary,Function Tests, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Function Test,Test, Pulmonary Function,Tests, Pulmonary Function,Function Test, Lung,Function Test, Respiratory,Function Tests, Lung,Function Tests, Respiratory,Lung Function Test,Respiratory Function Test,Test, Lung Function,Test, Respiratory Function,Tests, Lung Function,Tests, Respiratory Function
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000483 Alleles Variant forms of the same gene, occupying the same locus on homologous CHROMOSOMES, and governing the variants in production of the same gene product. Allelomorphs,Allele,Allelomorph
D000860 Hypoxia Sub-optimal OXYGEN levels in the ambient air of living organisms. Anoxia,Oxygen Deficiency,Anoxemia,Deficiency, Oxygen,Hypoxemia,Deficiencies, Oxygen,Oxygen Deficiencies
D019896 alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Deficiency of the protease inhibitor ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN that manifests primarily as PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA and LIVER CIRRHOSIS. Deficiencies, alpha 1-Antitrypsin,Deficiency, alpha 1-Antitrypsin,alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency,alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiencies

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