Asthma symptoms, severity, and drug therapy: a prospective study of effects on 2205 pregnancies.
Bracken MB, Triche EW, Belanger K, Saftlas A, Beckett WS, Leaderer BP. Asthma symptoms, severity, and drug therapy: a prospective study of effects on 2205 pregnancies. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2003, 102: 739-52. PMID: 14551004, DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(03)00621-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAsthmaBirth WeightCase-Control StudiesConnecticutFemaleFetal Growth RetardationFetal Membranes, Premature RuptureHumansInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, NewbornMassachusettsPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPregnancy OutcomeProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexSteroidsTheophyllineConceptsAsthma symptomsOral steroidsAsthma diagnosisPreterm deliveryPregnant womenHistory of asthmaIntrauterine growth restrictionIUGR infantsAsthma guidelinesAsthma historyController medicationsModerate asthmaAsthma therapyPregnant patientsSymptomatic patientsAsthma severityFetal effectsSymptomatic womenProspective studyDrug therapyGrowth restrictionAsthmaSymptomsMedicationsDiagnosis