Achieve IBD Remission Before Pregnancy: PIANO Registry Data Shows Adverse Perinatal Outcomes For Infants Associated with IBD Flares and Steroid Use; and Continue Thiopurines and Anti-TNF Agents If You

Editor-in-Chief Philip Schoenfeld, MD, MSEd, MScEpi FACG discusses “Exposure to Corticosteroids in Pregnancy Is Associated with Adverse Perinatal Outcomes Among Infants of Mothers with Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” by Odufalu FD, Long MD, Lin K, Mahadaven U for PIANO Investigators, published in GUT [2022; 71: 1766-72] and also “Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes After Fetal Exposure to Biologics and Thiopurines Among Women With Inflammatory Bowel Disease,” by Mahadevan U, Long MD, Kane SV, et al, published in Gastroenterology [2021 Mar;160(4):1131-1139]