Abstract
Background Asthma represents one of the most common medical conditions encountered during pregnancy, which occurs in 3 to 8 % of pregnant women [11. Namazy JA, Schatz M (2005) Pregnancy and asthma: recent developments. Curr Opin Pulm Med 11: 56-60. ]. Pregnancy may be associated with changes in the course of asthma, and asthma may affect the outcome of pregnancy. Although the incidence of severe asthma during pregnancy is low (0.4%-1.3%), its consequences on mother and fetus can be disastrous [22. Tan KS, Thompson NC (2000) Asthma in pregnancy. Am J Med 109: 727-733.]. Albeit small, significant increase in complications of pregnancy in asthmatic women such as perinatal mortality, pre-eclampsia, preterm deliveries or low birth weight infants are being registered [33. Grewal P, Mulla ZD, Simon MR (2008) Effect of Maternal Asthma on Pregnancy Outcomes: An Analysis of Texas Hospital Data. AEP 18: 735-736. ].
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