Mortality and morbidity during delivery hospitalization among pregnant women with epilepsy in the United States

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 981-988

  MacDonald, Sarah C ^a   Bateman, Brian T ^b   McElrath, Thomas F ^b   Hernández Díaz, Sonia ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942240232     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: 21686157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.1017     Document Type: Article

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