Neurological Complications of Pregnancy
Published on 1. November 1993
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-7817-0067-2 (ISBN)
Description
A roster of experts tackles the complex problems of diagnosis and treatment, which, when admixed with legal issues, pose some of the greatest management challenges to physicians today. In this volume, are practical solutions to many of the complicated clinical issues that are present in daily practice. Among the highlights: monitoring antiepileptic drug levels; assessing the teratogenic effects of psychotropic medications; management of epilepsy, stroke, migraine, low back pain, and other neurologic disorders during pregnancy; safety and indications for neurodiagnostic studies in pregnancy; and legal issues involved in preventing fetal harm.
A roster of experts tackles the complex problems of diagnosis and treatment, which, when admixed with legal issues, pose some of the greatest management challenges to physicians today. In this volume, are practical solutions to many of the complicated clinical issues that are present in daily practice. Among the highlights: monitoring antiepileptic drug levels; assessing the teratogenic effects of psychotropic medications; management of epilepsy, stroke, migraine, low back pain, and other neurologic disorders during pregnancy; safety and indications for neurodiagnostic studies in pregnancy; and legal issues involved in preventing fetal harm.
A roster of experts tackles the complex problems of diagnosis and treatment, which, when admixed with legal issues, pose some of the greatest management challenges to physicians today. In this volume, are practical solutions to many of the complicated clinical issues that are present in daily practice. Among the highlights: monitoring antiepileptic drug levels; assessing the teratogenic effects of psychotropic medications; management of epilepsy, stroke, migraine, low back pain, and other neurologic disorders during pregnancy; safety and indications for neurodiagnostic studies in pregnancy; and legal issues involved in preventing fetal harm.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
950 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7817-0067-2 (9780781700672)
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Brian Hainline | Orrin Devinsky
Neurological Complications of Pregnancy
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05/2002
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Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
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Content
Cerebral ischemia, Janet L. Wilterdink and J. Donald Easton; cerebral hemorrhage, Janet L. Wilterdink and Edward Feldmann; eclampsia, James O. Donaldson; endocrine aspects of epilepsy in women, Steven C. Schachter; epilepsy and pregnancy, Mark S. Yerby and Orrin Devinsky; low back pain in pregnancy, Brian Hainline; migraine and pregnancy, Kenneth M.A. Welch; multiple sclerosis and pregnancy, Stuart D. Cook, et al; neurologic aspects of rheumatologic disorders during pregnancy, Lisa R. Sammaritano; maternal head trauma during pregnancy, Barry D. Jordan; central nervous system neoplasma in pregnancy, Lisa M. DeAngelis; infections during pregnancy, Richard T. Johnson; movement disorders and pregnancy, John D. Rogers and Stanley Fahn; peripheral nerve disorders in pregnancy, Aleksander Beric; muscle disease in the pregnant woman, James M. Gilchrist; when the mother is a paraplegic, Bruce K. Young; psychiatric disorders and pregnancy, Orrin Devinsky and Barbara Bartlik; cocaine and alcohol use in pregnancy, Joan Moroney and Machelle Allen; neurodiagnostic imaging of the pregnant patient, Richard B. Schwartz; legal issues - roles of physicians in preventing fetal harm, H. Richard Beresford.