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ArticleBrain and behavior2018

Obstetric anesthesia/analgesia does not affect disease course in multiple sclerosis: 10-year retrospective cohort study.

Hana Harazim, Pavel Štourač, Petr Janků, Hana Zelinková, Kamil Frank, Michal Dufek, Petr Štourač

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Article in Brain and behavior, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Hana HarazimDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Pavel ŠtouračDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Petr JankůDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Hana ZelinkováInstitute of Biostatistics and Analysis, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Kamil FrankDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Michal DufekFirst Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, St Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.
Petr ŠtouračDepartment of Paediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-1944-5926
Masaryk University · CZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesMultiple sclerosis (MS) often occurs in young women and the effect of obstetric anesthesia/analgesia on the disease is poorly understood. No previous study has investigated the course of the disease in women in labor in the Czech Republic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence or absence of relapses in the 6-month postpartum period in MS parturients with and without obstetric anesthesia/analgesia. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe retrospectively studied all deliveries (n = 58,455) at the University Hospital Brno from 2004 to 2013 and identified those of the women with an ICD-10 code G35 (MS) recorded anytime in their medical history (n = 428). We included only deliveries of women with confirmed diagnosis at the time of labor (n = 70). Statistical analysis was performed using the Fischer Exact Test.

resultsThere were 70 deliveries of 65 women, including 45 vaginal deliveries and 25 Cesarean deliveries (16 under general anesthesia, 8 with epidural anesthesia and 1 with spinal anesthesia). Epidural obstetric analgesia was performed in 11 deliveries. There was no statistically significant difference in relapses between the vaginal delivery group (n = 15; 33%) and Cesarean section group (n = 10; 40%), p = 0.611.

conclusionNeither delivery mode (vaginal vs Caesarean) nor type of obstetric anesthesia/analgesia was found to have any impact on the course of MS at 6 months postpartum in women with this condition.

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AdolescentAdultAnalgesia, ObstetricalAnesthesia, ObstetricalCohort StudiesCzech RepublicDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMultiple SclerosisPostpartum PeriodPregnancyRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesYoung Adultcesarean sectionlabormultiple sclerosisobstetric anesthesiapregnancyrelapse

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