Several interesting studies have been published this week: Researchers affiliated with the School of Public Health at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel have published an analysis of the Clalit Health Services insurance data investigating congenital malformation risks following first trimester papaverine use – see here. An analysis of the French National Health Data System provides data on […]
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An open access link to a read only version of the recommendations has been provided by the publisher – see here.
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Researchers from the EUROmediCAT network have published an analysis of medication use and ocular anomalies. More information is available here. Photo by Amanda Dalbjörn on Unsplash
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The safety of influenza vaccine in pregnancy has been investigated in a large population-based cohort study from South Korea. More information is available here. Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash
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Researchers affiliated with the National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, have published a case series of certolizumab pegol exposed pregnancies. More information is available here. Photo by Sasun Bughdaryan on Unsplash
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A collaboration of researchers from Aarhus University, University of Southern Denmark and the University of Copenhagen have published a nationwide population-based cohort study using Danish national registry datasets to investigate associations between prenatal exposure to systemic glucocorticoids and neurodevelopmental impairments. The study, which attempted to stratify glucocorticoid exposure due to prematurity (as a known risk factor for neurodevelopmental impairment), produced […]
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Researchers from the Embryotox Center of Clinical Teratology and Drug Safety in Pregnancy (TIS Berlin) at the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Charité – Universitätsmedizin) have published data from the German Embryotox cohort (2000 to 2018) analysing trends in antiseizure medication (ASM) use at conception and changes in first trimester treatment pattern among those with epilepsy as reported to […]
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Members of the ENTIS and OTIS Scientific Committees, with with contributions from Michael Ceulemans (KU Leuven, Belgium) PhD student Erika Gram (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark), have published a clinical perspective focussing on the the strengths and limitations of the published literature on the effect of maternal acetaminophen use in pregnancy on the child’s risk of developing attention-deficit and hyperactivity […]
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Researchers from the Department of Neurology at the St. Josef-Hospital in Bochum Germany, have published an updated dataset from the German Multiple Sclerosis Pregnancy Registry, comparing pregnancy outcomes between disease-modifying therapy exposed and non-exposed pregnancies. More information can be found here. Photo by freestocks on Unsplash
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A collaborative of researchers from Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden), Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Oslo, Norway) and Statens Serum Institut (Copenhagen, Denmark), have published a large population-based study using Swedish healthcare system datasets to investigate the association between first trimester exposure to tetracyclines and major congenital malformation risks. More information is available here. Photo by Kamal Hoseinianzade on Unsplash
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