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Stroke risk in pregnancy, delivery is adjusted upward.(Obstetrics)
NEW ORLEANS -- The risk of stroke among more than 8 million American women during the pre-, peri-, and postpartum periods was 34/100,000, a higher rate than previously calculated.
In addition, the risk of stroke rises with age. Women who were at least 40 years old had a 3.3-fold increased risk of stroke during pregnancy, delivery, and immediately after delivery, compared with women 15-19 years old, Cheryl D. Bushnell, M.D., reported at the 30th International Stroke Conference.
Women 35-39 years old had a 90% increased risk, compared with women younger than 20, said Dr. Bushnell, a neurologist at Duke University in Durham, N.C.
Although the stroke risk during pregnancy and delivery was higher than previous estimates of 4-26/100,000, there are currently no clear implications of what this finding means for monitoring and managing women during pregnancy and delivery, commented Andra H. James, M.D., an obstetrician at Duke and a coinvestigator on this study. Dr. James had no recommendations for changing current obstetric practice based on the new finding.
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