Women with epilepsy : a practical management handbook / edited by Esther Bui, P. Emanuela Voinescu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bui, Esther, editor.

Voinescu, P. Emanuela (Paula Emanuela), editor.

Series:

Cambridge medicine (Series)

Cambridge medicine

Standardized Title:

Women with epilepsy (2014)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epilepsy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Epilepsy.

Women--Diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 334 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"A practical handbook reviewing the gender-specific effects of epilepsy in women throughout their life. Covering new anti-epileptic drugs, fertility management and the effect of hormones on epilepsy, this updated second edition is a key resource for general practitioners, obstetricians and general neurologists caring for patients with epilepsy"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Epidemiology of women with epilepsy / Kristi McIntosh, Nathalie Jette and Leah Blank

Neruopsychiatric Issues for Women with Epilepsy / Dilip Koshy and Benjamin Tolchin

Sleep-related comorbidities in women with epilepsy / Milena K Pavlova and Véronique Latreille

Hormonal influences in women with epilepsy / Suchitra Joshi and Jaideep Kapu

Antiseizure medications and hormones / Mona Sazgar

Genetic epilepsies in females / Paula Teixeira Marques and Danielle Andrade

Gender issues in childhood and adolescence onset epilepsies / Arezoo Rezazadeh, Katherine Muir and Tadeu Fantaneanu

Catamenial epilepsy / Alexa King and Elizabeth Gerard

Fertility in women with epilepsy / Lidia Di Vito, Mark Quigg and Barbara Mostacci

Contraception & pre-pregnancy counseling / Naveed Chaudry and Emily Johnson

Teratogenicity and antiseizure medications / Anna Serafini

Seizure management in pregnancy / Ginette Moores

Obstetric and fetal monitoring in women with epilepsy / John Snelgrove and Mathew Sermer

Neuroimaging in pregnancy and epilepsy / Paula Alcaide Leon

Obstetrical anesthesia / Fatima Zahir, Jonathan Waters and Janet Waters

Postpartum seizure management and safety issues for women with epilepsy / Natalia Rincon and Naymee J. Velaz-Ruiz

Breastfeeding and use of antiseizure medications / Abrar O. Al-Faraj and Trudy D. Pang

Management of the neonate : clinical examination and surveillance / Carlos Ivan Salazar, Eugene Ng and Cecil D. Hahn

Ageing, menopause and bone health in women with epilepsy / Alison Pack and Genna Waldman

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2024).

ISBN:

9781009007139

1009007130

9781009007948

1009007947