Neurological pathologies during pregnancy tied to increased mortality and morbidity: Study
Almost any medical disorder occurring in a woman of childbearing age could complicate the period of pregnancy. There are, however, neurological disorders that are incidental, those that occur more commonly during pregnancy than at other times, or those that worsen or get exacerbated during this period. Some of these diseases are mild not requiring attention but some present with acute neurological emergencies affecting maternal mortality rate. Almost 20% of maternal mortality can be attributed to neurological causes, this alarms neurologists to give the necessary attention to ’red flag signs’. Further, diagnosis and management of these patients cause a hurdle to a neurologist because of the varied adverse effects on the fetus.
Management of pre-existing neurological disorders during epilepsy is also troublesome because of the various hormonal changes. The neurology of pregnancy has been an area of interest and research as related to the care of neurological disorders in pregnancy and the outcome on the maternal and child health. With this in mind, in a retrospective study of three years duration in North East India, authors retrospectively studied all the different neurological disorders occurring during pregnancy and their outcome. All demographic, clinical, and neurological findings, routine investigation, and neurological investigation were recorded. Further analysis was done to find out the most common neurological pathology in pregnancy and classify them into pregnancy-specific, incidental, and preexisting neurological conditions.
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