Overview
- Offers advice on how to meet the contraceptive needs of women with chronic medical problems such as endocrine, rheumatologic, gynecologic and gastrointestinal disorders, as well as psychological and neurological conditions
- Addresses common misconceptions and lack of knowledge of potentially at risk patients
- Provides guidance to physicians on how to correctly prescribe contraception for women using potentially teratogenic medications
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Women with chronic medical problems are at higher risk for complications during pregnancy and therefore, they are especially in need of appropriate preconception and contraception care. Furthermore, many women with chronic medical problems do not obtain adequate preconception and contraception care. Despite published guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is a substantial gap in medical practice regarding the use of contraception in women with co-existing medical problems.
Contraception for the Medically Challenging Patient fills the gap that currently exists in the knowledge of correct contraceptive prescribing practice and shows that inappropriate contraindications can easily become a barrier to effective contraception use among women. Chapters highlight obsolete views about appropriate candidates for contraception and address the complex contraceptive needs of today's medically challenging patients with HIV/AIDS, uterine fibroids or cardiac, neurologic or thyroid disease. The book gives attention to recommendations on the use of contraception in women with medical problems such as diabetes, obesity, epilepsy, and lupus, among others and provides comprehensive information regarding the effects that certain drugs may have on contraceptive hormone levels. While national guidelines do exist for contraceptive eligibility, this book discusses in more detail the evidence behind the guideline recommendations and the nuances that clinicians confront in daily practice.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rebecca H. Allen, MD, MPH, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Carrie A. Cwiak, MD, MPH, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contraception for the Medically Challenging Patient
Editors: Rebecca H. Allen, Carrie A. Cwiak
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1233-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1232-2
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1233-9
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 375
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Reproductive Medicine, Gynecology, General Practice / Family Medicine