Women With Epilepsy - A Practical Management Handbook

"A practical handbook reviewing the gender-specific effects of epilepsy in women throughout their life. Covering new anti-epileptic drugs, fertility management and the effect of hormones on epilepsy, this updated second edition is a key resource for general practitioners, obstetricians and general neurologists caring for patients with epilepsy"--

List of contents

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.

About the author

Esther Bui is Assistant Professor in the Division of Neurology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto.P. Emanuela Voinescu is a physician at Department of Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, and is affiliated to Harvard University Medical School.

Product details

• Authors: Esther (Toronto Western Hospital) Voinescu Bui
• Assisted by: Esther Bui (Editor), Esther (Toronto Western Hospital) Bui (Editor), Bui Esther (Editor), P. Emanuela Voinescu (Editor), P. Emanuela (Brigham & Women's Hospital Voinescu (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009009072
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0900907-2
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, MEDICAL / Pathology, MEDICAL / Pharmacology, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, MEDICAL / Neurology, MEDICAL / Reproductive Medicine & Technology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Women's health, Women’s health, Diseases & disorders, Reproductive Medicine, Pharmacology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Chronic diseases and conditions