Outcome of pregnancies complicated by epilepsy in Tasmania 1981-1988

Epilepsy in pregnancy is associated with an adverse pregnancy outcome. In 347 pregnancies in an 8-year retrospective study of all private and public patients in Tasmania from 1981 to 1988, epilepsy was found to be associated with an increased risk of hypertension (21%), antepartum haemorrhage (4.9%), postpartum haemorrhage (11.2%), fetal abnormality (3.5%) and perinatal mortality (2.3%).