The importantce of the standardized management of epilepsy patients during periconceptional period / 中华神经科杂志

ABSTRACT

The Chinese guidelines for the management of women with epilepsy during periconceptional period are formulated to provide effective management and scientific guidance for female epilepsy patients during the periconceptional period by systematically reviewing the existing domestic and foreign evidences of evidence-based medicine and combining with the actual situation of Chinese female epilepsy patients. Through elaborating on the problems troubling women with epilepsy in childbearing age, such as the timing of pregnancy for women with epilepsy, the teratogenic risk of anti-seizure medications, medication adjustment during pregnancy and breastfeeding, a very systematic and comprehensive guidance is given. This paper reviews the contents of the Chinese guidelines for the management of women with epilepsy during periconceptional period.