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ArticleJournal of clinical psychopharmacology

Antenatal Antidepressant Prescription Associated With Reduced Fetal Femur Length but Not Estimated Fetal Weight: A Retrospective Ultrasonographic Study.

Georgios Schoretsanitis, Sara V Carlini, Majnu John, John M Kane, Kristina M Deligiannidis

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Article in Journal of clinical psychopharmacology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Georgios SchoretsanitisFrom the Department of Psychiatry Research, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks.ORCID 0000-0002-3851-4117
Sara V CarliniFrom the Department of Psychiatry Research, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks.
Majnu JohnFrom the Department of Psychiatry Research, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Glen Oaks.
John M Kane
Kristina M Deligiannidis
Northwell Health · US

Funding

Personalized Integrated Chronotherapy for Perinatal DepressionR01MH118269 · NIMH · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI SHARKEY, KATHERINE M · 2020 to 2023
$5.1M
Relationships between Neuroactive Steroids, GABA and Glutamate MRS and Connectivity of the Default Mode Network in Postpartum DepressionR01MH120313 · NIMH · FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI DELIGIANNIDIS, KRISTINA MARIE · 2020 to 2024
$2.7M
NIMH NIH HHS L30 MH104713NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118269NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH120313
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PURPOSE/

backgroundAntidepressants are among the most frequently prescribed medications during pregnancy and may affect fetal weight. Associations between antenatal antidepressant use and ultrasonographic measures of fetal development have rarely been examined. We hypothesized that the prescription of an antenatal antidepressant would be associated with lower estimated fetal weight (EFW). METHODS/PROCEDURES: A retrospective analysis of routine ultrasonographic data extracted from electronic medical records was performed on a cohort of pregnant women with psychiatric diagnoses and grouped according to the presence of an antenatal antidepressant prescription (n = 32 antidepressant-prescribed and n = 44 antidepressant prescription-free). After stratifying for gestational age, comparisons included 13 ultrasonographic parameters, frequency of oligohydramnios and polyhydramnios and growth deceleration, and maternal serum protein markers assessed per routine care, including α-fetoprotein, free β-human chorionic gonadotropin, and unconjugated estriol levels, using t tests, nonparametric and Fisher tests, and effect sizes (ESs) were computed. FINDINGS/

resultsNo statistically significant EFW differences between groups at any time point were detected (P > 0.05). Antenatal antidepressant prescription was associated with lower femur length at weeks 33 to 40 (P = 0.046, ES = 0.75) and greater left ventricular diameter at weeks 25 to 32 (P = 0.04, ES = 1.18). No differences for frequency of oligohydramnios or polyhydramnios or growth deceleration were observed (P > 0.05). We did not detect group differences for maternal proteins (P > 0.05). IMPLICATIONS/

conclusionsOur evidence suggested a lack of association between antenatal antidepressant prescription and lower EFW but indicated an association with lower femur length and greater left ventricular diameter in mid-late gestation. Future research should examine the clinical implications of these findings.

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AdultAntidepressive AgentsCohort StudiesDrug PrescriptionsFemaleFemurFetal Growth RetardationFetal WeightHumansPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsRetrospective StudiesUltrasonography, PrenatalYoung AdultAntidepressive Agents

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PMID34412105
PMCPMC8440368
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