Polypharmacy during pregnancy and associated risk factors: a retrospective analysis of 577 medication exposures among 1.5 million pregnancies in the UK, 2000-2019

Author
A. Subramanian
A. Azcoaga-Lorenzo
A. Anand
K. Phillips
S. Lee
N. Cockburn
A. Fagbamigbe
C. Damase-Michel
C. Yau
C. McCowan
D. O'Reilly
G. Santorelli
H. Hope
J. Kennedy
K. Abel
K. Eastwood
L. Locock
M. Black
M. Loane
N. Moss
R. Plachcinski
S. Thangaratinam
S. Brophy
U. Agrawal
Z. Vowles
P. Brocklehurst
H. Dolk
C. Nelson-Piercy
K. Nirantharakumar
Keywords
Humans
Pregnancy
Female
Aged
Retrospective Studies
*Polypharmacy
*Ethnicity
Minority Groups
Risk Factors
United Kingdom/epidemiology
Medications
Multimorbidity
Multiple long-term conditions
Multiple medications
polypharmacy
Prescriptions
Year of Publication
2023
Journal
BMC Med
Volume
21
Number of Pages
21
ISBN Number
1741-7015
Accession Number
36647047
DOI
10.1186/s12916-022-02722-5