Accidental electric shock in pregnancy: A prospective cohort study - 10/09/11
Abstract |
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to quantify fetal risk after accidental electric shock in pregnancy.
STUDY DESIGN: All pregnant women who were counseled by the Motherisk Program in Toronto and by the Vermont Pregnancy Risk Information Service in Burlington after having an electric shock during pregnancy were enrolled in a prospective, controlled, observational study.
RESULTS: Thirty-one women were followed up after delivery: 26 had been exposed to 110 V, 2 to 220 V, 2 to high voltage, and 1 to 12 V. Twenty-eight women gave birth to healthy normal infants, one had a child with a ventricular septal defect, and two had spontaneous abortions. In the control group there were 30 healthy babies; one woman had a spontaneous abortion. There were no differences between the groups in pregnancy outcome, birth weight, gestational age, type of delivery, or rates of neonatal distress.
CONCLUSION: In most cases accidental electric shock occurring during day-to-day life during pregnancy does not pose a major fetal risk. (Am J Obstet and Gynecol 1997;176:678-81.)
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Electric injuries, pregnancy, spontaneous abortion
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 | From the Motherisk Program, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto,a and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine.b |
| Supported by the Motherisk Research Fund. B.B. is a Fellow of the R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation. |
 | Reprint requests: Gideon Koren, MD, ABMT, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8. |
| 0002-9378/97 $5.00 + 0 6/1/79501 |
Vol 176 - N° 3
P. 678-681 - mars 1997 Retour au numéro
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