Περιγραφή
There are unique challenges to the care of women with epilepsy, including the gender-specific influences that women may experience owing to their age, hormonal status, and co-morbidities. Many healthcare providers are not informed about the unique issues facing women with epilepsy. This new edition comprehensively reviews the impacts of epilepsy at different life-stages, from adolescence, through pregnancy and to menopause, highlighting appropriate therapies. The book covers topics including managing patients’ fertility and preconception counselling, obstetric and fetal monitoring and post-partum seizure management. Chapters on drug-drug interactions, the effect of hormones and anti-epileptic drugs have been thoroughly updated according to new guidelines. Information is presented practically, with bullet points allowing readers to access take home messages easily. This is a highly practical, up-to-date and concise manual for the practical approach in caring for women with epilepsy aimed at general practitioners, midwives, obstetricians, general neurologists, and anesthetists.
- Chapters begin with a list of bulleted key points, allowing rapid access to important information for busy clinicians
- Covers all facets of epilepsy in women, including the gender-specific influences that women may experience owing to their age, hormonal status and co-morbidities
- Authored by a range of international experts in the field, providing a variety of perspectives on the topic
Περιεχόμενα
1. Epidemiology of women with epilepsy Kristi McIntosh, Nathalie Jette and Leah Blank
2. Neruopsychiatric Issues for Women with Epilepsy Dilip Koshy and Benjamin Tolchin
3. Sleep-related comorbidities in women with epilepsy Milena K. Pavlova and Véronique Latreille
4. Hormonal influences in women with epilepsy Suchitra Joshi and Jaideep Kapu
5. Antiseizure medications and hormones Mona Sazgar
6. Genetic epilepsies in females Paula Teixeira Marques and Danielle Andrade
7. Gender issues in childhood and adolescence onset epilepsies Arezoo Rezazadeh, Katherine Muir and Tadeu Fantaneanu
8. Catamenial epilepsy Alexa King and Elizabeth Gerard
9. Fertility in women with epilepsy Lidia Di Vito, Mark Quigg and Barbara Mostacci
10. Contraception & pre-pregnancy counseling Naveed Chaudry and Emily Johnson
11. Teratogenicity and antiseizure medications Anna Serafini
12. Seizure management in pregnancy Ginette Moores
13. Obstetric and fetal monitoring in women with epilepsy John Snelgrove and Mathew Sermer
14. Neuroimaging in pregnancy and epilepsy Paula Alcaide Leon
15. Obstetrical anesthesia Fatima Zahir, Jonathan Waters and Janet Waters
16. Postpartum seizure management and safety issues for women with epilepsy Natalia Rincon and Naymee J. Velaz-Ruiz
17. Breastfeeding and use of antiseizure medications Abrar O. Al-Faraj and Trudy D. Pang
18. Management of the neonate: clinical examination and surveillance Carlos Ivan Salazar, Eugene Ng and Cecil D. Hahn
19. Ageing, menopause and bone health in women with epilepsy Alison Pack and Genna Waldman.
