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Lead author of the study and ENTIS member Professor Per Damkier from the Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark, stated that there appears to be about a 3-fold increased risk – while we have a relatively small number of exposed and outcomes (N=49; 6 major malformations), and hence a low precision – the signal is strong […]

Researchers from the University of South Florida have published a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the adverse pregnancy outcome risks associated with abnormal 1-h 50-g glucose challenge test (GCT) followed by a normal 3-h 100-g glucose tolerance test (GTT). More information can be found here. Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and McGill University in Canada have published a study which suggests ondansetron use in the first trimester may be associated with an increased risk of ventricular septal defect. More information can be found here. Image by mmmCCC from Pixabay

A study has been published in the British Journal of General Practice which has attempted to evaluate the efficacy of an electronic patient decision making aid on antidepressant use in pregnancy. More information can be found here. Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash

Researchers from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study have published a study which has attempted to estimate the risk of stillbirth (fetal death at 20 weeks of gestation or more) associated with specific birth defects. More information can be found here. Photo by Cassidy Rowell on Unsplash

Researchers from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study have published data collected between 1997 and 2011 investigating birth defect risks following maternal atypical antipsychotic use in pregnancy. More information can be found here. Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash

Researchers from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Naval Health Research Centre in San Diego have published an analysis of the fetal loss (spontaneous abortion and stillbirth combined) rates among active duty military women using antimalarial medications during pregnancy. More information can be found here. Photo by Егор Камелев on Unsplash

Researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston (MA) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have published an update to their 2018 study (see here). The authors state that this update was provided to specifically address the findings of another study published in early 2019 (see here) which suggested an association between the clinical administration of […]

The team at Embryotox Berlin (TIS Berlin) in conjunction with a colleague from Beuth Hochschule für Technik-University of Applied Sciences in Berlin have conducted a study to examine the risk of fetal cardiovascular or renal toxicity following maternal third trimester paracetamol use. More information can be found here. Photo by Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash

A collaboration of reserchers from Ulster University, Causeway Hospital in Northern Ireland, the Royal-Jubilee Maternity Service in Belfast, Universtiy College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin have published an update of their FASSTT Offspring Trial. This randomised controlled trial originally compared pregnancy outcomes between women treated with 400 micrograms of folic acid and placebo exposed controls. This latest update to the […]