Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey
Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey
5 years ago

Lithium Use in Pregnancy and the Risk of Cardiac Malformations

Huybrechts, Krista F., Hernandez-Diaz, Sonia, Bateman, Brian T., Cohen, Jacqueline M., Desai, Rishi J., Mogun, Helen, Patorno, Elisabetta, Cohen, Lee S.
(Abstracted from N Engl J Med 2017;376:2245–2254) Lithium is a first-line treatment for women of reproductive age with bipolar disorder. However, concerns persist that exposure increases the risk of congenital cardiac defects including Ebstein anomaly, a right ventricular outflow tract obstruction defect.

Publisher URL: http://journals.lww.com/obgynsurvey/Fulltext/2017/11000/Lithium_Use_in_Pregnancy_and_the_Risk_of_Cardiac.5.aspx

DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000526705.23869.b5

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