Hormone therapy : a clinical handbook / Katherine Sherif ; foreword by Morris Notelovitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherif, Katherine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Menopause--Hormone therapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Menopause.

Hormone Replacement Therapy.

Menopause--Hormone therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Hormone Replacement Therapy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 127 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer, [2013]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook provides a comprehensive overview on hormone replacement therapy, with a range of key features that differentiate it from other titles on the topic. This concise, handy title presents an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, acknowledging that sex hormones affect more than reproductive organs and hot flushes for a deeper understanding of how hormones function. The authors provide a breadth and depth of practical prescribing experience, including many helpful tables and algorithms as well as directions for prescribing hormone therapy in the most effecti

Contents:

Part I: Managing Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Symptoms with the New Menopausal HT

FAQ: Definitions of Menopause and Biological Actions of Sex Steroids

Principles of Practice

Medical Association Guidelines, Post-2002/Women's Health Initiative Findings

Perimenopausal Symptoms: Hot Flushes and Night Sweats; Sleep Disturbances; Urogenital Discomfort; Sexual Libido Issues; Mood and Cognitive Changes

FAQ: Bioidentical Hormones: Compounded and Non-compounded

Part II: Prescription of HT

Transdermal Estrogen as Preferred Prescription for Perimenopausal Symptom Relief, and the Role of Progesterone

The Significance of Hormone Routes of Administration

Hormone Therapy: Individualizing Treatment Based Upon Perimenopausal Symptoms

FAQ: HT Prescription

Part III: Monitoring, Side Effects, Co-existing Conditions, and Ending Treatment

Hormone Therapy: Monitoring Effects and Side Effects

FAQ: Evaluation of Abnormal Menstrual Bleeding

FAQ: Ending HT

FAQ: HT and Other Conditions: Uterine Fibroids, Autoimmune disease, Hypothyroidism, and History of Breast Cancer

Part IV: The Medical and Cultural History of HT

History of HT Use: Controversies and Confusions

The 2002 Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI): What Did It Prove or Disprove? Future Directions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781461462682

1461462681

OCLC:

844182676

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.