Mortality and Morbidity During Delivery Hospitalization Among Pregnant Women With Epilepsy in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Between 0.3% and 0.5% of all pregnancies occur among women with epilepsy. Evidence suggests an increase in perinatal morbidity and mortality among women with epilepsy. However, these risks have not been quantified in large population-based samples.

Objective

To report on the risk for death and adverse outcomes at the time of delivery for women with epilepsy in the United States.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study of pregnant women identified through delivery hospitalization records from the 2007-2011 Nationwide Inpatient Sample. From this representative sample of 20% of all US hospitals, we obtained a weighted sample of delivery hospitalizations from 69 385 women with epilepsy and 20 449 532 women without epilepsy.

Main outcomes

SUBMITTER: MacDonald SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4721221 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature