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

ABSTRACT:

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.

Methods

This was a nationwide cohort study of all first births in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, 1999-2016. We estimated maternal characteristics, complication rates, and risks for WWE compared to women without epilepsy. Main maternal outcome measures were hypertensive disorders, b

SUBMITTER: Danielsson KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6876881 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature