Pregnancy Complications - Drug therapy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Bipolar II postpartum depression: Detection, diagnosis, and treatment.

30 Oct 2009 Research on postpartum mood disorders has focused primarily on major depressive disorder, bipolar I disorder, and puerperal psychosis and has largely ignored or neglected bipolar II disorder. Hypomanic symptoms are common after delivery but ... Read more...

Pharmacotherapy for depressed pregnant women: overcoming obstacles to gathering essential data.

29 Sep 2009 Approximately 3% of pregnant women take antidepressant medications. Information on the impact of antidepressants on short- and long-term maternal and offspring outcomes is highly desirable but neglected. The position that the dearth of treatment ... Read more...

Neonatal S100B protein levels after prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

26 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study investigated neonatal S100B levels as a biomarker of prenatal selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) exposure. METHODS: Maternal (delivery; N = 53) and neonatal (cord; N = 52) serum S100B levels were compared between ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pregnancy Complications - Drug therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A patient's wish: anakinra in pregnancy. 30 Oct 2009
• Ziprasidone and citalopram use in pregnancy and lactation in a woman with psychotic depression. 30 Oct 2009
• Perinatal akathisia: implications for pharmacokinetic changes during pregnancy. 30 Oct 2009
• Bipolar II postpartum depression: Detection, diagnosis, and treatment. 30 Oct 2009
• SSRIs and congenital defects. Spontaneous publishing and academic miscarriages (SPAM). 19 Oct 2009
• Women should give informed consent before starting SSRIs. 19 Oct 2009
• SSRIs and heart defects in neonates. 19 Oct 2009
• SSRIs and congenital defects. Case registers in pregnancy? 19 Oct 2009
• GlaxoSmithKline told to pay family $2.5m after jury finds paroxetine caused son's heart defects. 13 Oct 2009
• Antidepressant use and preterm birth. 29 Sep 2009
• Pharmacotherapy for depressed pregnant women: overcoming obstacles to gathering essential data. 29 Sep 2009
• Neonatal S100B protein levels after prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. 26 Sep 2009
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in pregnancy and congenital malformations: population based cohort study. 21 Sep 2009
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and congenital malformations. 21 Sep 2009
• Treatment of severe achalasia during pregnancy with esophagoscopic injection of botulinum toxin A: a case report. 30 Aug 2009
• Medical treatment for pregnant women: balancing risks and benefits. 30 Aug 2009
• Antidepressant use during pregnancy: current controversies and treatment strategies. 30 Aug 2009
• Thyroid function: the complexity of maternal hypothyroidism during pregnancy. 30 Aug 2009
• Pharmacotherapy or untreated antenatal depression: a false dichotomy. 30 Aug 2009
• No decision is without risk. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Pregnancy Complications'

Definition: Conditions or pathological processes associated with pregnancy. They can occur during or after pregnancy, and range from minor discomforts to serious diseases that require medical interventions. They include diseases in pregnant females, and pregnancies in females with diseases.

Descriptor UI: D011248

Alternative terms: Pregnancy Complications; Complications, Pregnancy; Complication, Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complication;

Related Mesh Headings: Pregnancy, Prolonged;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C13.703;

Technical Notes: coord IM with dis (IM); /surg: consider also OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; do not use for heterotopic pregn: see note at PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; Manual 18.4.7; DF: PREGN COMPL