Neurology and pregnancy : clinical management / / edited by Michael S. Marsh, Lina A.M. Nashef, Peter A. Brex

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Informa Healthcare; Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.3
• Soggetto topico: Pregnancy - Complications; Nervous system - Diseases
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MarshM. S (Michael S.) NashefLina BrexPeter A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Foreword Nigel Leigh; Foreword Catherine Nelson-Piercy; Preface; Editorial Note on the FDA Classification of Drugs and Pregnancy; Contents; Contributors; Part I: General Issues; 1 Neurogenetics and pregnancy; 2 Imaging during pregnancy; 3 Intrauterine imaging, diagnosis and intervention in neurological disease; 4 Disposition of drugs in pregnancy: anti-epileptic drugs; 5 Therapeutics and breastfeeding; 6a Neuroanaesthesia in pregnancy; 6b Neurocritical care for the pregnant woman; 6c Neurovascular intervention during pregnancy: cerebral aneurysms and vascular malformations ; 7 Analgesia and anaesthesia in neurological disease and pregnancy8 Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders in pregnancy and the post-partum period; 9 Ethical and legal issues; Part II: Neurological Disease; 10 Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and peri-partum convulsions; 11 Blackouts arising in pregnancy; 12 Epilepsy and pregnancy; 13 Headache in pregnancy; 14 Infections in pregnancy; 15 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; 16 Stroke in pregnancy; 17 Vascular malformations of the brain in pregnancy; 18 Pituitary disease in pregnancy; 19 Neuro-oncology in pregnancy ; 20 Pregnancy and movement disorders21 Multiple sclerosis and pregnancy; 22 Nutritional deficiencies in pregnancy; 23 Spinal disease and pregnancy; 24 Neurological disability and pregnancy; 25 Peripheral nerve diseases; 26 Muscle disease and myasthenia in pregnancy; Index; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Pregnancy complicated by neurological disorders is a challenging area for both obstetricians and neurologists. Treatment of the maternal condition often needs to be adjusted because of concerns for the fetus, and some conditions have a major impact on the method, mode, and timing of delivery. Many of the clinical problems that arise in pregnant women with a neurological disease have not been the subject of clinical trials, so management must often be based on what published evidence is available and a good understanding of the likely interactions between the condition and pregnancy and vice
• Titolo autorizzato: Neurology and pregnancy
• ISBN: 0-429-18348-8; 1-4822-2013-X; 1-84184-759-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462107803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series in maternal-fetal medicine.