The management of epilepsy in pregnancy at the Whittington Hospital: a retrospective audit 2004-2006 and 2007-2010.

Background: In the last maternal death enquiries report there were 14 indirect deaths due to epilepsy.

Methods: Retrospective case-note analysis of epileptic women seen antenatally over two separate time periods were examined. Care in the routine antenatal clinic (ANC) was compared with that in the obstetric medicine clinic (OMC).