Tag Archives: Teratology

lithium and pregnancy

In this prospective, observational comparative cohort study, 183 lithium-exposed pregnancies were followed up by the Israeli Teratology Information Service. First-trimester lithium exposure was associated with an increased risk (adjusted odds ratio=4.75 [95% CI=1.11–20.36]) of cardiovascular anomalies compared with nonteratogenic exposure. However, there were results that fell short of statistical significance for higher overall risk of […]