Human immunodeficiency virus and pregnancy

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2010 May;281(5):781-92. doi: 10.1007/s00404-009-1334-3. Epub 2009 Dec 25.

Abstract

Management of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) dramatically improved during the 1990s. The advent of high-performance quantitative HIV assays and highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) were the two most important developments in HIV medicine. As a result, HIV mortality and morbidity have significantly reduced. This improvement in life quality and expectancy through the use of HAART has led to an increase in the number of HIV-infected patients wishing to have children. The mother-to-child transmission which was of major concern previously can now be significantly reduced by newer management strategies. This review stresses on the management of pregnancy in HIV.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • Cesarean Section
  • Drug Resistance, Viral
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / transmission
  • Humans
  • Insemination, Artificial, Homologous
  • Methylergonovine / therapeutic use
  • Oxytocics / therapeutic use
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage / drug therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy*
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents
  • Oxytocics
  • Methylergonovine