The incidence of pregnancy-related stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 687-697

  Swartz, Richard H ^a,b   Cayley, Megan L ^a   Foley, Norine ^c,d   Ladhani, Noor Niyar N ^a,b   Leffert, Lisa ^e,f   Bushnell, Cheryl ^g   McClure, J A ^c   Lindsay, M Patrice ^b,h  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c workHORSE Consulting Group   (Canada)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^h HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

incidence; meta analysis; pregnancy; Stroke; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECLAMPSIA; EMBOLISM; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; MIGRAINE; MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR;

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 85029079896     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1747493017723271     Document Type: Review

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