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Neurology and pregnancy : pathophysiology and patient care / volume editors, Eric A. P. Steegers, Marilyn J. Cipolla, and Eliza C. Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Handbook of clinical neurology ; Volume 171.
- Handbook of clinical neurology ; Volume 171
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pregnancy--Complications.
- Pregnancy.
- Nervous system--Diseases.
- Nervous system.
- Pregnancy Complications.
- Nervous System Diseases.
- Medical Subjects:
- Pregnancy Complications.
- Nervous System Diseases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 343 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Kidlington, Oxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Elsevier, [2020]
- Summary:
- Neurology and Pregnancy provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary guide to best practices for research and practicing neurologists, as well as obstetricians and other specialists caring for women with an acute or chronic neurological disorder. The book encompasses preconception care, genetic counseling, pregnancy in patients with chronic neurological disorders, and acute pregnancy-related neurological complications. Postpartum care and complications, including lactation concerns, are also addressed, as well as the long-term effects of pregnancy and its complications on maternal brain health.Vol 1 summarizes the complex neurophysiological changes in pregnancy from a basic and translational science perspective. This includes neuroimaging, principles of neuro-obstetric critical care, and ethical and medicolegal concerns, describes normal fetal cerebral development and summarizes the management of the most common prenatal neurological diagnoses. Vol 2 focuses on chronic neurological conditions in pregnancy such as epilepsy, migraine, and multiple sclerosis, as well as acute neurological disorders including preeclampsia/ eclampsia, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, and CNS infections.Each chapter introduction includes data on epidemiology, when applicable. In discussing management, comments of safety profiles of medications preconceptionally, during pregnancy and lactation are summarized. Each chapter includes 1-2 illustrative cases.- Discusses neuroendocrine, brain, PNS, and cerebro-vascular changes in pregnancy- Includes neurological care of the pregnant patient- Covers neuroimaging and monitoring techniques- Reviews common neurological complications with pregnancy- Supplies illustrative case study examples
- Notes:
- Current copyright fee: GBP32.84 5\1.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780444642912
- 0444642919
- 9780444642394
- 0444642390
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