Acta neurologica Scandinavica
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Based on a case history of fetal haemorrhage due to maternal antiepileptic treatment and a review of 40 previously described similar cases, it is recommended that epileptic mothers receive vitamin K tablets throughout the month before delivery and intravenously during labour. It is further recommended that phytomenadione should be administered intravenously to the infant immediately after birth. ⋯ Alternatively, the drug treatment of women with epilepsy during pregnancy could be changed from liver enzyme inducing drugs to clonazepam, which is a benzodiazepine without liver enzyme-inducing properties. Further, no malformations have been reported in connection with this drug.