Researchers affiliated with the UK and Ireland Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register have published the data they have collected relating to the safety of zonisamide use in pregnancy. More details available here.
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Researchers from the University of Washington, Harvard Medical School, the University of California San Diego, and the US Food and Drug Administration have published the results of a pilot study investigating the feasibility of using a mobile app to collect supplementary health data from pregnant women. More details can be found here. Photo by Rahul Chakraborty on Unsplash
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Researchers from Aarhus University Hospital have conducted a population-based linkage of national administrative healthcare utilisation datasets to assess the risk of severe cardiac malformation following maternal first trimester antidepressant use. Interesting findings were described for the venlafaxine exposed cohort. Further information can be found here. Photo by Nastya Dulhiier on Unsplash
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Researchers from 11 academic or community hospitals in Massachusetts have published the results of a multi-centre cohort study describing the clinical outcomes of neonates born to mothers who tested positive for CV-19 in pregnancy, and the clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with positive neonatal test results. More information can be found here. Photo by Peter Oslanec on Unsplash
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Researchers affiliated to the V-safe monitoring system in the US have released preliminary safety data for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The published article can be found here. Photo by Hakan Nural on Unsplash
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Researchers from the University of Dundee, University of South Denmark and the University of Oslo (ENTIS Associate Member Prof Hedvig Nordeng) have collaborated on a meta-analysis examining malformation risks following maternal antithyroid drug use, calculating absolute risks for each of the different medication exposure groups. More information can be found here. Photo by Olga DeLawrence on Unsplash
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Collaborators from ENTIS and affiliated organisations have published the results of a web-based survey investigating vaccine willingness among pregnant and breastfeeding women, and how the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted women’s perinatal experiences. This multinational survey was promoted in Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the UK between 16 June and 14 July 2020, and identified considerable vaccine […]
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Researchers from the Izmir TIS (Terafar) and the University of Health Sciences, Izmir in Turkey have published a comprehensive review regarding the possible risks of AEDs during pregnancy. More information can be found here.
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A collaborative of Israeli researchers have published a retrospective comparative study of papaverine exposure in pregnancy. More information can be found here. Photo by Ava Sol on Unsplash
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Researchers from the Japan Drug Information Institute in Pregnancy, a member of the ENTIS network, have recently published an observational cohort study where they compared the proportion of infants with major malformations between the infants of born to women taking domperidone (n=519) and non-teratogenic drugs during the first trimester of pregnancy. More information can be found here. Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash
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