Maternal complications in pregnancy and childbirth for women with epilepsy: Time trends in a nationwide cohort.

Objective: Obstetric trends show changes in complication rates and maternal characteristics such as caesarean section, induced labour, and maternal age. To what degree such general time trends and changing patterns of antiepileptic drug use influence pregnancies of women with epilepsy (WWE) is unknown. Our aim was to describe changes in maternal characteristics and obstetric complications in WWE over time, and to assess changes in complication risks in WWE relative to women without epilepsy.

The effect of parity on risk of complications in pregnant women with epilepsy: a population-based cohort study.

Introduction: Women with epilepsy have increased risk of complications in pregnancy with consequences for the mother and child. There are no studies on the influence of parity on complications in women with epilepsy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This was a population-based cohort study of all first and second births in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway 1999-2013.

Hypertensive pregnancy complications in women with epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs: a population-based cohort study of first pregnancies in Norway.

Objectives: To estimate the risk of hypertensive pregnancy complications in women with epilepsy, with and without antiepileptic drugs, and assess the risk associated with the four most common antiepileptic drugs.

Design: A population-based cohort study using linked data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway and the Norwegian Prescription Database. Women with epilepsy with and without antiepileptic drugs were compared with women without epilepsy.

Obstetrical complications in women with epilepsy.

Purpose: Better knowledge of risk factors for women with epilepsy giving birth.

Method: Investigating all studies reporting complications in pregnancy and deliveries in women with epilepsy during the last 15 years.

Results: Studies have observed that women with epilepsy have a higher risk of preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, bleeding in pregnancy, caesarean delivery (CD), excessive bleeding postpartum, preterm birth, and small for gestational age.

Pregnancy complications in patients with epilepsy.

Purpose Of Review: Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder affecting 0.4-0.8% of pregnant women.

A 12-week randomised study comparing intravenous iron sucrose versus oral ferrous sulphate for treatment of postpartum anemia.

Objective: To analyze the effect of intravenous ferrous sucrose compared with oral ferrous sulphate on hematological parameters and quality of life in women with postpartum anemia.

Design: Open randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Multicentre study comprising five obstetrical departments in Norway.