Respiratory conditions for consideration of referral for an opinion, advice or MMC led care.
For women requiring MMC led care they are often managed in the specialist Maternal medicine clinic on Thursdays afternoon at the RVI
Lead Maternal Medicine Obstetrician- Dr S Williams
Respiratory & Obstetric Physician- Dr A Duffy
Pulmonary Embolus
Respiratory disease in pregnancy
Respiratory disease in pregnancy
Patient information leaflets
Early pregnancy blood clot risk assessment tool– earlypregnancy | Thrombosis UK
Manage your asthma during pregnancy
Cystic fibrosis
Sarcoidosis
Family planning and Lung transplantation
– Family planning – Organ transplantation – NHS Blood and Transplant
| Category A Local expertise | Category B Review, advice and guidance from maternal medicine centre | Category C Care led by maternal medicine centre |
|---|---|---|
| Uncomplicated Asthma Pneumonia TB Chronic Obstructive Airways disease Sarcoidosis without restrictive lung disease and without renal involvement Managed obstructive sleep apnoea/ obesity hypoventilation Pulmonary embolism | Complicated asthma -repeated presentations of asthma (>3 ) in pregnancy Asthma receiving biologics Long term corticosteroids Restrictive lung disease with FVC >50% Any respiratory condition receiving biologics Bronchiecstasis New diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea/obesity hypoventilation in pregnancy COVID pneumonitis Lung cancer | Sickle chest crisis Restrictive lung disease with FVC <50% Neuromuscular disorders with respiratory muscle involvement eg myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre syndrome Cystic Fibrosis Lung transplant Pulmonary vasculitis |
