TY - JOUR
T1 - Beclomethasone diproprionate for severe asthma during pregnancy
AU - Greenberger, Paul Allen
AU - Patterson, R.
PY - 1983/1/1
Y1 - 1983/1/1
N2 - The safety of using inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate for the treatment of severe asthma during pregnancy was evaluated during 45 pregnancies in 40 women. Despite chronic administration of theophylline and, in some women, ephedrine, the asthma was so severe that corticosteroids were essential to prevent emergency room visits and status asthmaticus. At conception, beclomethasone dipropionate was being used regularly during 38 pregnancies and was initiated during the first trimester in 4 other pregnancies. The range of beclomethasone dipropionate inhalations was 4 to 16/d with a mean of 9.5/d (336 μg). Prednisone administration was necessary during 37 pregnancies. Status asthmaticus occurred in five women but no mothers or fetuses died. Cardiac malformations occurred in an infant born to a woman who was diabetic and schizophrenic whose pregnancy was complicated by diabetic ketoacidosis and status asthmaticus. It is not known whether beclomethasone dipropionate was the cause of these malformations. The prevalence of congenital malformations (1 of 43 live births) is within the normal range and shows that treatment with beclomethasone dipropionate is safe during pregnancy when recommended doses are used.
AB - The safety of using inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate for the treatment of severe asthma during pregnancy was evaluated during 45 pregnancies in 40 women. Despite chronic administration of theophylline and, in some women, ephedrine, the asthma was so severe that corticosteroids were essential to prevent emergency room visits and status asthmaticus. At conception, beclomethasone dipropionate was being used regularly during 38 pregnancies and was initiated during the first trimester in 4 other pregnancies. The range of beclomethasone dipropionate inhalations was 4 to 16/d with a mean of 9.5/d (336 μg). Prednisone administration was necessary during 37 pregnancies. Status asthmaticus occurred in five women but no mothers or fetuses died. Cardiac malformations occurred in an infant born to a woman who was diabetic and schizophrenic whose pregnancy was complicated by diabetic ketoacidosis and status asthmaticus. It is not known whether beclomethasone dipropionate was the cause of these malformations. The prevalence of congenital malformations (1 of 43 live births) is within the normal range and shows that treatment with beclomethasone dipropionate is safe during pregnancy when recommended doses are used.
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U2 - 10.7326/0003-4819-98-4-478
DO - 10.7326/0003-4819-98-4-478
M3 - Article
C2 - 6838070
AN - SCOPUS:0020537672
VL - 98
SP - 478
EP - 480
JO - Annals of Internal Medicine
JF - Annals of Internal Medicine
SN - 0003-4819
IS - 4
ER -