{"title":"Anticoagulants in Pregnancy","authors":"Peter W. Howie","doi":"10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00018-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00018-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Thromboembolic disorders are still a serious problem in pregnancy and anticoagulants have an important part to play in both treatment and prevention.</p><p>Warfarin is the most convenient drug to give but can cause maternal and fetal bleeding problems, especially during late pregnancy and delivery. There are also small risks of embryopathy from warfarin in early pregnancy but these may have been overstated. Heparin, which has to be given parenterally, does not cross the placental barrier but can still cause bleeding problems in pregnancy. Full intravenous heparin is only suitable for short-term use, and subcutaneous heparin has been introduced for long-term therapy. This regimen is a useful advance but long-term use still has problems of bruising and maternal bone demineralization.</p><p>The standard treatment of acute thromboembolic events in pregnancy is continuous intravenous heparin followed by either subcutaneous heparin or warfarin, the latter being changed at 36 weeks gestation. In the prophylaxis of thromboembolism, the trend istowards a more selective approach, anticoagulants being given during pregnancy to those at highest risk and during labour and the puerperium to all with a previous history of thromboembolism. Anticoagulants during pregnancy are necessary in patients with artificial heart valves and, because subcutaneous heparin is not sufficient, warfarin should be used until 36 weeks followed by continuous intravenous heparin until delivery.</p><p>No method of anticoagulation during pregnancy is entirely free of risk and all management policies must be based on an estimate of risk-benefit ratio in individual patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75719,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"13 2","pages":"Pages 349-363"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92032662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Index","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00022-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00022-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75719,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"13 2","pages":"Pages 417-420"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00022-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92032663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epilepsy in Pregnancy","authors":"I.G. Robertson","doi":"10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00019-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00019-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p></p><ul><li><span>1.</span><span><p>In women with epilepsy, seizure control during pregnancy can be improved by maintaining the serum anticonvulsant drug concentration within the therapeutic range.</p></span></li><li><span>2.</span><span><p>Treatment with one anticonvulsant drug plus folic acid supplementation 5 mg per day seems appropriate in most cases. This should be achieved before conception whenever possible.</p></span></li><li><span>3.</span><span><p>No anticonvulsant drug seems free of teratogenic risk. With the commonly used anticonvulsant drugs—phenytoin, phenobarbitone, carbamazepine and sodium valproate—the risk is relatively low and represents less potential harm to the fetus than might occur with uncontrolled seizures.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":75719,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"13 2","pages":"Pages 365-384"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92032667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Fate of Drugs in Pregnancy","authors":"J.C. Mucklow","doi":"10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00005-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00005-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The response of mother and fetus/neonate to drugs administered to the pregnant woman is determined largely by drug disposition and elimination within and between mother and fetus. Physiological changes occurring in pregnancy may result in reduced plasma protein binding, an increase in the apparent volume of distribution, and more rapid metabolic and renal clearance of certain drugs than are usually found in non-pregnant women. The consequences are relevant for the peak concentration of drug achieved after a single dose, the half-life of the drug, and the drug concentration to which the fetus is exposed via the placenta. Drugs whose dosage may need to be altered in pregnancy include most anticonvulsants, lithium, digoxin, certain beta-blockers, ampicillin and cefuroxime; for drugs which have not been specifically investigated, no generalizations are possible.</p><p>Very few drugs given in pregnancy fail to cross the placenta and, as a rule, drug molecules not bound to plasma protein diffuse along a concentration gradient to establish and maintain an equilibrium. Because movement of drug molecules is bidirectional, the placenta is the main portal of exit from, as well as entry to, the fetus. The pharmacological response of the fetus to drugs which it receives depends mainly on the unbound concentration of drug in fetal blood-unwanted effects seldom occur if the maternal dose is correct; exceptions include tetracycline, antithyroid drugs, coumarin anticoagulants, aspirin, indomethacin and cerebral depressant drugs (opiates, barbiturates and phenothiazines). The total (bound plus unbound) drug concentration on the fetal side of the placenta is usually lower than on the maternal side except where differences in blood pH and/or protein binding lead to 'trapping’ of drug in the fetus; the latter phenomenon may prove hazardous after birth because of the neonate's limited capacity to eliminate drugs by metabolism and excretion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75719,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"13 2","pages":"Pages 161-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92032655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adverse Effects of Drugs in the First Trimester of Pregnancy","authors":"Linda Beeley","doi":"10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00006-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00006-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75719,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"13 2","pages":"Pages 177-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136496458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prescribing for labour.","authors":"G M Stirrat, T A Thomas","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prostaglandins, particularly PGE2 vaginally, can be valuable for cervical ripening or induction of labour in some women. Ease of use must not be allowed to result in unjustified intervention. Amniotomy followed by oxytocin infusion are the methods of choice for induction of labour. Careful monitoring of the maternal and fetal condition are vital, especially if an epidural block is in place. Augmentation of labour is only appropriate for inefficient primigravid labour. Failure to progress in a multiparous woman is more likely to be due to obstruction. Low residue, easily digested foodstuffs are not necessarily contraindicated during normal labour. When properly used, Entonox can provide analgesia equivalent to 75-100 mg pethidine. Sodium citrate is the antacid of choice during labour and should be combined with an H2-receptor blocking agent for caesarean section, or other procedure involving anaesthesia. The routine injection of Syntometrine at delivery of the anterior shoulder to prevent PPH is widespread in the UK but has not been properly tested. Oxytocics are invaluable in the treatment of PPH.</p>","PeriodicalId":75719,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"13 2","pages":"215-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14011243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The treatment of gastrointestinal disease in pregnancy.","authors":"R D Atlay, A R Weekes","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75719,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"13 2","pages":"335-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14647601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Title Page","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00001-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00001-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75719,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"13 2","pages":"Page iii"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92032654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contributors","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00003-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-3356(21)00003-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75719,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"13 2","pages":"Pages v-vi"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92032656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adverse effects of drugs in the first trimester of pregnancy.","authors":"L Beeley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75719,"journal":{"name":"Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology","volume":"13 2","pages":"177-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14647597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}