Neuro-ophthalmic complications in pregnancy

Expert Review of Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-428

  Digre, Kathleen B ^a   Varner, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial neuropathy; Eclampsia; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Migraine; Neuro ophthalmology; Optic neuritis; Papilledema; Pituitary tumor; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Stroke; Vascular disorder

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CHLORTALIDONE; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROLACTIN; THIAMINE; WARFARIN;

ANXIETY; BLEEDING; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRANCH RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; BREAST FEEDING; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DEHYDRATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECLAMPSIA; EMBOLISM; EYE EXAMINATION; FDA PREGNANCY RISK FACTOR CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MIGRAINE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAPILLEDEMA; PERFUSION PRESSURE; POSTPARTUM CEREBRAL VASCULOPATHY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TINGLING; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPONTANEOUS ORBITAL HEMORRHAGE; STROKE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 70049118327     PISSN: 17469899     EISSN: 17469902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eop.09.27     Document Type: Review

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