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Chapter 24 - Epilepsy in Pregnancy

from Section 4 - Neurological Disorders in Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

By
Raluca Pana  and
Amira El-Messidi
Edited by
Amira El-Messidi  and
Alan D. Cameron
Amira El-Messidi
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Alan D. Cameron
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

A 30-year-old nulligravida with epilepsy is referred by her primary care provider to your hospital center’s high-risk obstetrics unit for preconception counseling.

Keywords

Preconception counselingAntiepileptic drugsBreakthrough seizuresInvestigationsTeratogenicityMaternal-fetal risksStatus epilepticusAntepartum, intrapartum managementContraception
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OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
An Evidence-Based Approach
 , pp. 337 - 348
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Campbell, E, Kennedy, F, Russell, A, et al. Malformation risks of antiepileptic drug monotherapies in pregnancy: updated results from the UK and Ireland Epilepsy and Pregnancy Registers. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2014;85(9):1029–1034.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Committee on Practice Bulletins-Obstetrics. Practice Bulletin No. 187: Neural tube defects. Obstet Gynecol. 2017;130(6):e279–e290.Google Scholar
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