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Asthma
Guidelines stress control of asthma during pregnancy
February 3rd, 2005
Physicians should pay close attention to managing asthma in pregnant patients, according to guidelines being released by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Asthma can lead to serious medical problems, both for mothers-to-be and their fetuses, the program, part of the government's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, warned. "Simply put, when a pregnant patient has trouble breathing, her fetus also has trouble getting the oxygen it needs," William W. Busse, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and chairman of the panel that developed the guidelines, said in a statement. ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-03)
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