The Alliance for
Global Women’s Medicine
A worldwide fellowship of health professionals working together to
promote, advocate for and enhance the Welfare of Women everywhere
An Educational Platform for FIGO
Menu
The first comprehensive textbook of its kind on this subject, explaining not only "how does this disease or condition affect pregnancy?" but also "how will pregnancy affect this condition or disease?" Contains 33 specialist chapters authored by 62 expert contributors.
Prelims, Title pages, Contents, List of contributors
Foreword
Section 1 - General considerations
Chapter 1:
Biopanic, advanced maternal age and fertility outcomes
Chapter 2:
Preconceptional counseling
Chapter 3:
Preconceptional evaluation of women with heart disease
Chapter 4:
Respiratory diseases in pregnancy: asthma
Chapter 5:
Diabetes mellitus
Chapter 6:
Prolactinomas, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and pregnancy
Chapter 7:
Autoimmune and connective tissue disorders
Chapter 8:
Preconceptional counseling for women with chronic kidney disease
Chapter 9:
Inherited thrombophilic disorders
Chapter 10:
Preconceptional counseling in women with inflammatory bowel disease
Chapter 11:
Neurological disorders in pregnancy
Chapter 12:
Optimization of hypertension and embryo safe antihypertensives
Chapter 13:
Women with severe mental illness
Section 2 - Infectious considerations
Chapter 14:
Tuberculosis in pregnancy
Chapter 15:
Preconception advice and the optimal management of HIV infection for couples planning pregnancy
Chapter 16:
Infectious diseases in preconceptional care
Section 3 - Previous pregnancy events
Chapter 17:
Recurrent pregnancy loss
Chapter 18:
Previous fetal death
Chapter 19:
Prior pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis and ectopic pregnancy
Chapter 20:
Preconceptional counseling of women with previous third and fourth degree perineal tears
Section 4 - Phobias
Chapter 21:
Management of tocophobic women
Section 5 - Medication issue
Chapter 22:
Routine vitamin, mineral and micronutrient supplementation
Chapter 23:
Drugs to avoid preconceptionally
Section 6 - Gynecological and surgical conditions
Chapter 24:
Prior cervical conization and uterine sparing cervical cancer surgery
Chapter 25:
Benign conditions of the genital tract
Chapter 26:
Pregnancy and fertility counseling in breast cancer survivors
Chapter 27:
Preconceptional optimization in the solid organ recipient
Chapter 28:
Gynecological malignancies
Chapter 29:
Preparing for a pregnancy after bariatric surgery
Section 7 - Miscellaneous conditions
Chapter 30:
Obese nulliparas
Chapter 31:
Counseling in couples with genetic abnormalities
Chapter 32:
Malnutrition: an antecedent of diabetes
Chapter 33:
Who should provide preconceptional care?
Index
