Publications by authors named "K L H E Vanden Auweele"
Most individuals use medication during pregnancy. However, decision making on antenatal pharmacotherapy presents considerable ethical and scientific challenges. Amid a sociocultural paradigm prioritising the elimination of fetal risks, available evidence and guidance are limited, and current decision making on antenatal drugs mostly proceeds in an ad-hoc and, often, biased manner.
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- - Aspirin use during pregnancy is recognized by community midwives as important, but they face challenges since they cannot prescribe it themselves and must refer patients to other healthcare providers for prescriptions.
- - A national survey involving 47 community midwives revealed that while they can identify risk factors for utero-placental complications, around one-third reported practical difficulties in advising on aspirin use due to their lack of prescribing authority.
- - The study suggests that allowing community midwives to prescribe aspirin, coupled with improved collaboration with obstetricians and ongoing education, could enhance implementation rates and ultimately improve perinatal outcomes.