Rheumatology

Category A
Local Expertise
Category B
Consider discussion with Maternal Medicine Centre (MMC)
Category C
Care led by Maternal Medicine Centre
Uncomplicated* rheumatoid arthritisRheumatological disease requiring biologic therapyLupus nephritis (or other rheumatological condition with renal involvement): active /
in remission / on treatment
Uncomplicated* seronegative arthritis:
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Reactive arthritis
• IBD-related arthritis
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Rheumatological disease not controlled on current treatmentLarge or medium vessel vasculitis
Uncomplicated* connective tissue
disease:
• Lupus
• Scleroderma (restricted disease)
• Sjogren's
Rheumatological disease with
restrictive lung disease and FVC
>50%
Rheumatological disease with restrictive lung disease and FVC <50%
OsteoarthritisSmall vessel vasculitis in remission, no
longer on treatment
New small vessel vasculitis or small
vessel vasculitis on immunosuppression
Antiphospholipid syndrome with early pregnancy loss with no thrombotic
history
Antiphospholipid syndrome with history of second or third trimester loss, with
no thrombosis history
Antiphospholipid syndrome with any
maternal arterial or venous thrombosis OR any evidence of active disease OR therapeutically anticoagulated when not pregnant
Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos (type IIl) and
benign hypermobility
Other Ehlers-Danlos syndromesSuspected or confirmed vascular Ehlers-
Danlos (type IV)
Diffuse sclerodermaScleroderma renal crisis
OsteomalaciaOsteoporosisinfisynaease syndrome, polymooding,
dermatomyositis
Metabolic bone disease e.g. Paget'sSuspected or confirmed haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Behcet'ssyndrome***Periodic fever syndromes
Adult-onset Still's disease
Marfan syndrome or Turner syndrome
without aortic dilatation
Aortic dilatation of any aetiology
Loeys-Dietz syndrome
GoutComplex pain syndromes

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