Risk of Perinatal and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among Pregnant Women With Epilepsy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Maternal epilepsy is associated with adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. A better understanding of this condition and the associated risk of mortality and morbidity at the time of delivery could help reduce adverse outcomes.

Objective

To determine the risk of severe maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality among women with epilepsy.

Design, setting, participants

This prospective population-based register study in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden took place between January 1, 1996, and December 31, 2017. Data analysis was performed from August 2022 to November 2023. Participants included all singleton births at 22 weeks' gestation or longer. Births with missing or invalid information on birth weight or gestational length were excluded

SUBMITTER: Razaz N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11385047 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature