Epilepsy requires careful management and monitoring through a
woman’s life
Epilepsy is a complex disease. The hormonal changes women
experience, both day-to-day menstrual fluctuations and the longer
waxes and wanings of a reproductive lifetime, make the management
of epilepsy even more complicated. At some point, the well-being of
a second person, a fetus, might also have to be taken into
account.
Epilepsy in Women provides a detailed guide to this challenge.
The wide-ranging approach encompasses all aspects of a
woman’s life including:
* Social and psychological impacts
* The impact in reproductive life
* Contraception
* Pregnancy
* Fetal health and long term developmental outcomes
* Lactation
* Menopause
Each practical chapter begins and ends with a case study that
demonstrates the more general challenge. The authors develop themes
to provide clinical guidance based on evidence and
experience.
Written and edited by an international cast of experts, Epilepsy
in Women provides crucial tips and recommendations for
neurologists and gynecologists who need to be aware of the subtle
effects of epilepsy on woman’s life.
woman’s life
Epilepsy is a complex disease. The hormonal changes women
experience, both day-to-day menstrual fluctuations and the longer
waxes and wanings of a reproductive lifetime, make the management
of epilepsy even more complicated. At some point, the well-being of
a second person, a fetus, might also have to be taken into
account.
Epilepsy in Women provides a detailed guide to this challenge.
The wide-ranging approach encompasses all aspects of a
woman’s life including:
* Social and psychological impacts
* The impact in reproductive life
* Contraception
* Pregnancy
* Fetal health and long term developmental outcomes
* Lactation
* Menopause
Each practical chapter begins and ends with a case study that
demonstrates the more general challenge. The authors develop themes
to provide clinical guidance based on evidence and
experience.
Written and edited by an international cast of experts, Epilepsy
in Women provides crucial tips and recommendations for
neurologists and gynecologists who need to be aware of the subtle
effects of epilepsy on woman’s life.
Table of Content
Preface, viiContributors, ix
1 Gender Difference in Epidemiology and Comorbidities of
Epilepsy, 1
Ettore Beghi and Massimiliano Beghi
2 The Social and Psychological Impacts of Epilepsy, 11
Sanjeev V. Thomas and Aparna Nair
3 Neurosteroid influences on neuronal excitability: The
menstrual cycle and catamenial epilepsy as dynamic models, 23
Doodipala Samba Reddy
4 Catamenial Epilepsy, 41
Erik Taubøll, Line S. Røste and Sigrid
Svalheim
5 Impact of Epilepsy and AEDs on Reproductive Health, 53
Gerhard Luef
6 Contraception and Epilepsy, 64
Anne R. Davis and Kathleen M. Morrell
7 Diagnostic Challenges with Seizures in Pregnancy, 75
Sanjeev V. Thomas
8 Seizure Control During Pregnancy, 91
Anne Sabers
9 Effect of Pregnancy on AED Kinetics, 101
Peter B. Forgacs and Page B. Pennell
10 Fetal and Maternal Risks with Seizures, 115
Vilho K. Hiilesmaa and Kari A. Teramo
11 Obstetrical Outcome and Complications of Pregnancy, 128
Ingrid Borthen and Nils Erik Gilhus
12 Mechanisms of Teratogenic Effects of AEDs, 136
Lynsey E. Bruce, Ana M. Palacios, Bogdan J. Wlodarczyk and
Richard H. Finnell
13 Major Congenital Malformations in Offspring of Women with
Epilepsy, 148
Dina Battino and Torbjörn Tomson
14 Fetal AED Syndromes, 164
Usha Kini
15 Postnatal Cognitive Development, 170
Evan R. Gedzelman and Kimford J. Meador
16 M anagement of the Postpartum Period and Lactation, 184
Autumn M. Klein
17 M anagement of Epilepsy and Pregnancy, 196
Sanjeev V. Thomas, Torbjörn Tomson and Cynthia L.
Harden
18 Perimenopause and Menopause, 200
Cynthia L. Harden
19 Bone Health, 205
Alison M. Pack
Index, 211
About the author
Cynthia L. Harden, MD, Chief of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Institute, North Shore LIJ Health System and Professor of Neurology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, USA.Sanjeev V Thomas, MD, Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum 695 011, India and Fulbright Visiting Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
Torbjörn Tomson, MD, Professor of Neurology, especially epileptology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, and consultant/senior physician at Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 232 ● ISBN 9781118531051 ● File size 1.0 MB ● Editor Cynthia Harden & Sanjeev V. Thomas ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2013 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2625067 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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