TY - JOUR
T1 - Accidental electric shock in pregnancy
T2 - A prospective cohort study
AU - Einarson, A.
AU - Bailey, B.
AU - Inocencion, G.
AU - Ormond, K.
AU - Koren, G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the Motherisk Research Fund. B.B. is a Fellow of the R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Electric injuries
KW - pregnancy
KW - spontaneous abortion
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70569-6
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70569-6
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C2 - 9077628
AN - SCOPUS:0030977850
SN - 0002-9378
VL - 176
SP - 678
EP - 681
JO - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 3
ER -