Neurology and Pregnancy

Michael Marsh, FRCOG, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College Hospital London, UK Lina Nashef, FRCP, MD, MBChB, Department of Neurology, King’s College Hospital London, UK Peter Brex, MRCP, Department of Neurology, King’s College Hospital London, UK

General Issues. Neurogenetics and Pregnancy. Imaging during Pregnancy. Intrauterine Imaging, Diagnosis, and Intervention in Neurological Disease. Disposition of Drugs in Pregnancy: Anti-Epileptic Drugs. Therapeutics and Breastfeeding. Neuroanaesthesia in Pregnancy. Neurocritical Care for the Pregnant Woman. Neurovascular Intervention during Pregnancy: Cerebral Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations. Analgesia and Anaesthesia in Neurological Disease and Pregnancy. Psychiatric and Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy and the Post-Partum Period. Ethical and Legal Issues. Neurological Disease. Pre-Eclampsia/Eclampsia and Peri-Partum Convulsions. Blackouts Arising in Pregnancy. Epilepsy and Pregnancy. Headache in Pregnancy. Infections in Pregnancy. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Stroke in Pregnancy. Vascular Malformations of the Brain in Pregnancy. Pituitary Disease in Pregnancy. Neuro-Oncology in Pregnancy. Pregnancy and Movement Disorders. Multiple Sclerosis and Pregnancy. Nutritional Deficiencies in Pregnancy. Spinal Disease and Pregnancy. Neurological Disability and Pregnancy. Peripheral Nerve Diseases. Muscle Disease and Myasthenia in Pregnancy.