Florence Wang, Laurent Mandelbrot, Louis Affo, Frédéric Galacteros, Stéphane Bounan, Hervé Fernandez, Axel Fichez, Giovanna Cannas, Marine Driessen, Véronique Debarge, Gylna Loko, Mayi Gnofam, Caroline Makowski, Olivier Graesslin, Bassam Haddad, Jeanne Sibiude
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate safety of prenatal corticosteroids in pregnancies of women with sickle cell disease. METHODS: A multicenter observational study of patients with sickle cell disease, comparing vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) requiring hospital care between pregnancies with versus without prenatal corticosteroids. RESULTS: In 40 pregnancies exposed to prenatal corticosteroids, compared with 370 unexposed pregnancies, VOC were not more frequent (62...
May 9, 2023: International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics