Sunnybrook: MGR: Update on the Management of SLE and Rheumatoid Arthritis in Pregnancy

MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS

Wednesday, May 25, 2011
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

R.S. McLaughlin Lecture Theatre, Room EG-61

Update on the Management of SLE and
Rheumatoid Arthritis in Pregnancy

Sharron Sandhu, MD, FRCPC

Division of Rheumatology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Objectives

1.      Understand some of the clinical considerations of managing Rheumatoid Arthritis and SLE in pregnancy.

2.      Highlight evidence on safety of drugs used in treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis and SLE in pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy and during lactation.