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Achondroplasia and Hypochondroplasia
- Source :
- DeckerMed Family Medicine.
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Decker Medicine, 2019.
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Abstract
- Many women with skeletal dysplasias, such as achondroplasia and hypochondroplasia, choose to become pregnant. These women and their partners should receive pre-conception genetic counseling. Once the woman becomes pregnant, a multidisciplinary team at a tertiary care hospital should mange her antepartum care and birth process. An anesthesia plan should be in place that addressed kyphosis, weight based medications and the possibility of a Cesarean Section. Patients should be monitored for respiratory compromise from the gravid uterus on a smaller body frame. Neonatology must be available to help care for the infant. With a supportive antepartum and postpartum care plan, most women with skeletal dysplasia do well and resume routine OBGYN care after birth. This review contains 5 figures, and 21 references. Keywords: Maternal Achondroplasia, Maternal Hypochondroplasia, Inheritance patterns, short limb dwarfism, high risk pregnancy, autosomal dominant inheritance
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- DeckerMed Family Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9fc3353598d55d2a1e2fb4b6d2092e91