Neurological Illness in Pregnancy. Principles and Practice

Description

This book is a practical and easily readable guide for neurologists, obstetricians, and primary care doctors treating female patients with neurological illness in their reproductive years.

• Offers wide ranging coverage, including family planning and lactation
• Presents information in approachable tables and summaries, focusing on high yield information useful for clinical consultation
• Is written by a team of experts and edited by recognized leaders in the field

Contents

Notes on Contributors
Preface

1. The History and Examination
M. Angela O’Neal

2. Hormonal and Physiologic Changes in Pregnancy
Janet Waters

3. Neuroimaging
William Delfyett and David T. Fetzer

4. Neurologic Complications in the Obstetrical Anesthesia Patient
Olajide Kowe and Jonathan H. Waters

5. Headaches during Pregnancy and Peripartum
Huma Sheikh

6. Stroke in Pregnancy and the Puerperium
Louis Caplan and Diogo C. Haussen

7. Selecting Contraception for Women treated with Antiepileptic Drugs
Page Pennell

8. Epilepsy
Mark Yerby

9. Multiple Sclerosis
Aiden Haghikia and Kerstin Hellwig

10. Neuromuscular Disorders
Mohammad Kian Salajegheh and Kathy Chuang

11. Anterior and Posterior Pituitary Diseases and Pregnancy
Mark Molitch

12. Movement Disorders and Pregnancy
Sathiji Nageshwaran, Marsha Smith and Yvette M. Bordelon

13. Brain Tumors and Pregnancy
Elizabeth R. Gerstner and Soma Sengupta

14. Neuro-ophthalmology in Pregnancy
Linda P. Kelly, Nancy J. Newman, Valérie Biousse

15. Neurological Infections in Pregnancy
Shibani S. Mukerji and Jennifer L. Lyons

16. Neurosurgical Illnesses in Pregnancy: Principles and Practice
Judith M. Wong, Anil Can, Rose Du

17. Sleep Disorders
Sally Ibrahim and Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer

18. Neurourology of Pregnancy
Victor Nitti, Benjamin Brucker and Kimberly Ferrante

Index

Author Information

Autumn Klein
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA

M. Angela O’Neal
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA

Christina Scifres
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Janet Waters
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA

Jonathan H. Waters
Magee Women’s Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, USA