Open AccessCerebrovascular Diseases During Pregnancy and Postpartum Period
Author(s) -
Sırma Geyik,
Hüseyin Çağlayan Özcan,
Mehmet Ali Elçi,
Yasemin Ekmekyapar Fırat,
Ceren Kuşakçı,
Aylin Akçalı
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
türk beyin damar hastalıkları dergisi/türk beyin damar hastalıkları dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-9113
pISSN - 1301-1375
DOI - 10.5505/tbdhd.2014.28247
Subject(s) - postpartum period , pregnancy , obstetrics , period (music) , medicine , biology , physics , genetics , acoustics
Ischemic infarcts and hemorrhages are rare but dangerous complications that can be seen during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Parity, number of abortion, timing of presentation of pregnancy and the postpartum period, risk factors associated with pregnancy (eclampsia, pre-eclampsia), risk factors unrelated to pregnancy and clinical conditions of cases were researched. Ages ranged from 23 to 35 years, and the average was 28,7 years. 6 patients were pregnant, 4 patients were postpartum period. 3 patients were in the last trimester, 2 were second trimester, 1 was first trimester. 1 patient was first pregnancy, other 9 patients were multiparous. Cerebral hemorrhage was found in 2 patients, 2 patients had venous sinus thrombosis (VST), 6 patients had ischemic arterial infarction. 1 patient was ex in the early period, others were discharged. Coagulopathy disorder was found in 5 patients, 1 patient was cardiac embolism, pregnancy-related risk factors were identified in 2 patients, but etiology was not found in 2 patients. In this article, we have been reviewed demographic characteristics of patients who suffering from CVD during pregnancy and the postpartum period