ReviewInternational journal of women's health2016
Epilepsy during pregnancy: focus on management strategies.
Review in International journal of women's health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Nested Fluid-Structure Interaction Predictive Modeling of Fetal Brain Stress During Maternal Trauma.Biology · 2026Article
- A Comprehensive Review on the Influence of Menstrual Cycle and Pregnancy on Epileptic Seizures.Cureus · 2025Review
- Management guidelines for pregnant women living with epilepsy: An integrative literature review.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2024Review
- Sturge-Weber syndrome: Updates in pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment.Annals of the Child Neurology Society · 2023Review
- Delayed entry into prenatal care among women with pre-pregnancy health conditions, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2011.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Placental Models for Evaluation of Nanocarriers as Drug Delivery Systems for Pregnancy Associated Disorders.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Levetiracetam, lamotrigine and carbamazepine: which monotherapy during pregnancy?Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Epilepsy in Pregnancy-Management Principles and Focus on Valproate.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- The influence of continuous prenatal exposure to valproic acid on physical, nociceptive, emotional and psychomotor responses during adolescence in mice: Dose-related effects within sexes.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- Management of epilepsy in pregnancy in eastern China: A survey from the Zhejiang association against epilepsy.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Antiseizure drugs for women with epilepsy: Before, during, and after pregnancy.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2020Article
- Antiseizure drugs and women: Challenges with contraception and pregnancy.Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPCArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
In the US, more than one million women with epilepsy are of childbearing age and have over 20,000 babies each year. Patients with epilepsy who become pregnant are at risk of complications, including changes in seizure frequency, maternal morbidity and mortality, and congenital anomalies due to antiepileptic drug exposure. Appropriate management of epilepsy during pregnancy may involve frequent monitoring of antiepileptic drug serum concentrations, potential preconception switching of antiepileptic medications, making dose adjustments, minimizing peak drug concentration with more frequent dosing, and avoiding potentially teratogenic medications. Ideally, preconception planning will be done to minimize risks to both the mother and fetus during pregnancy. It is important to recognize benefits and risks of current and emerging therapies, especially with revised pregnancy labeling in prescription drug product information. This review will outline risks for epilepsy during pregnancy, review various recommendations from leading organizations, and provide an evidence-based approach for managing patients with epilepsy before, during, and after pregnancy.
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