2018
Canadian Stroke Best Practice Consensus Statement: Acute Stroke Management during pregnancy
Ladhani NNN, Swartz RH, Foley N, Nerenberg K, Smith EE, Gubitz G, Dowlatshahi D, Potts J, Ray JG, Barrett J, Bushnell C, Bal S, Chan WS, Chari R, Amrani M, Gandhi S, Hill MD, James A, Jeerakathil T, Jin A, Kirton A, Lanthier S, Lausman A, Leffert LR, Mandzia J, Menon B, Pikula A, Poppe A, Saposnik G, Sharma M, Bhogal S, Smitko E, Lindsay MP. Canadian Stroke Best Practice Consensus Statement: Acute Stroke Management during pregnancy. International Journal Of Stroke 2018, 13: 743-758. PMID: 30021491, DOI: 10.1177/1747493018786617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute stroke managementStroke managementConsensus statementPost-stroke managementSecondary stroke preventionAcute stroke treatmentGroup of patientsInitial emergency managementBest available literatureStroke preventionAcute strokePostpartum managementAnesthetic managementHemorrhagic strokeStroke treatmentObstetric carePregnant womenMaternal healthPrior historyClinical considerationsConsensus documentPregnancyExpert consensusStrokeHealthcare professionalsThe Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Consensus Statement on the Anesthetic Management of Pregnant and Postpartum Women Receiving Thromboprophylaxis or Higher Dose Anticoagulants
Leffert L, Butwick A, Carvalho B, Arendt K, Bates SM, Friedman A, Horlocker T, Houle T, Landau R, Dubois H, Fernando R, Houle T, Kopp S, Montgomery D, Pellegrini J, Smiley R, Toledo P. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Consensus Statement on the Anesthetic Management of Pregnant and Postpartum Women Receiving Thromboprophylaxis or Higher Dose Anticoagulants. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2018, 126: 928-944. PMID: 29099429, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000002530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-dose anticoagulantsConsensus statementMaternal deathsObstetric anesthesiaNeuraxial proceduresPerinatology Consensus StatementPharmacodynamics of anticoagulantsUse of thromboprophylaxisRisk-benefit discussionsKey preventive measuresObstetric populationObstetric surgeryCesarean deliveryNeuraxial analgesiaVenous thromboembolismAnesthetic managementObstetric patientsDifficult airwayNeuraxial anesthesiaGeneral anesthesiaPostpartum womenPregnant womenFetal harmPostpartum periodLeading cause
2017
Canadian stroke best practice consensus statement: Secondary stroke prevention during pregnancy
Swartz RH, Ladhani NNN, Foley N, Nerenberg K, Bal S, Barrett J, Bushnell C, Chan WS, Chari R, Dowlatshahi D, Amrani ME, Gandhi S, Gubitz G, Hill MD, James A, Jeerakathil T, Jin A, Kirton A, Lanthier S, Lausman A, Leffert LR, Mandzia J, Menon B, Pikula A, Poppe A, Potts J, Ray J, Saposnik G, Sharma M, Smith EE, Bhogal S, Smitko E, Lindsay MP. Canadian stroke best practice consensus statement: Secondary stroke prevention during pregnancy. International Journal Of Stroke 2017, 13: 406-419. PMID: 29171360, DOI: 10.1177/1747493017743801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnticoagulantsAntihypertensive AgentsCanadaCounselingDiabetes, GestationalDiabetic AngiopathiesFemaleHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsHypertensionIschemic Attack, TransientPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPostnatal CarePreconception CarePregnancyPregnancy Complications, CardiovascularPregnancy in DiabeticsPrenatal CareProfessional PracticeRisk FactorsSecondary PreventionStrokeConceptsSecondary stroke preventionStroke preventionConsensus statementUse of antithromboticsTransient ischemic attackBlood pressure managementIschemic stroke etiologyAspects of pregnancyHealth care professionalsGeneral management considerationsBest available literatureIschemic attackRecurrent strokeLipid managementStroke etiologyStroke riskFetal healthMaternal healthPrior historyFetal wellbeingCare professionalsClinical considerationsPregnancyConsensus documentExpert consensus