Letter to editor regarding “Neurosurgical emergencies during pregnancy-management dilemmas”
Ajay Nair, Andrew Waack, Soumya Sharma, Alastair Hoyt, Jason Schroeder · 2023
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Ajay Nair and co-authors write to add a missing case to a review of brain surgery in pregnancy. Their 2023 letter concerns glioblastoma, a fast and fierce brain tumour that sometimes strikes expectant mothers. Care must weigh the mother's urgent need against the fetus at every step.
The letter walks through the standard drug and surgery plan. Surgery timing matters: the middle months are safest, while early surgery risks miscarriage and late surgery risks bleeding. Blood pressure and oxygen must stay steady to protect the fetus. The main drug crosses the placenta and can harm the baby, above all early on. The authors call for case-by-case judgement with full work-up.
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| CREATOR | Ajay Nair, Andrew Waack, Soumya Sharma, Alastair Hoyt, Jason Schroeder |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |