Systemic lupus erythematosus in pregnancy: Case report

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory connective tissue disease commonly diagnosed after the age of 20, mostly around the age of 30 years. It is more common in women than in men, especially during the fertile period. Women with SLE are at higher risk for spontaneous abortions, intrauterine fetal death, preeclampsia and eclampsia, preterm delivery and intrauterine growth retardation. This paper is a case report of a pregnant woman with SLE complicated with preeclampsia, but it also discusses follow-up of such pregnancies.

Caesarean section in a case of systemic lupus erythematosus

“…[1] Women with SLE are at higher risk for exacerbations of the disease during pregnancy, spontaneous abortions, intrauterine foetal death, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, preterm delivery and intrauterine growth retardation. [2] However, over the past few decades, there has been a trend towards more favorable outcomes. This case report summarizes the perioperative course and anaesthetic management in a parturient with SLE with bad obstetric history who underwent elective caesarean section (LSCS).…”