Pregnancy outcomes of women with spina bifida.
CONCLUSIONS: Women with spina bifida have an increased risk of severe maternal and infant complications at delivery, compared with no spina bifida. Implications for Rehabilitation A growing number of women with spina bifida achieve pregnancy, but pregnancy outcomes are poorly understood. In a large pregnancy cohort, women with spina bifida had a high risk of severe maternal and infant morbidity at delivery. Women with spina bifida may benefit from enhanced periconceptional counseling and obstetric monitoring by health professionals. Guidelines should be developed for rehabilitation care providers to improve the obstetric management of women with spina bifida.
PMID: 29327608 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Auger N, Arbour L, Schnitzer ME, Healy-Profitós J, Nadeau G, Fraser WD Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
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