Prevention and Management of Stroke in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Stroke risk is 3 times higher in pregnancy than in the general young adult population and carries high morbidity and mortality risks. The recognition of signs and symptoms of stroke and other serious cerebrovascular disorders in pregnant and postpartum patients is important for the obstetrician to be able to initiate urgent evaluation and management. The objective of this review is to provide an evidence-based summary of stroke incidence, risk factors, prevention, and treatment of stroke in pregnancy. The impact of postpartum contraceptive use can on stroke risk is summarized.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

• Publication date

  2018-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000367PMID 29543620
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

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