Paul / Lichtenberg / Borgatta Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy

Comprehensive Abortion Care
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5847-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten, E-Book

Access to high quality abortion care is essential to women'shealth, as evidenced by the dramatic decrease in pregnancy-relatedmorbidity and mortality since the legalization of abortion in theUnited States, and by high rates of maternal death andcomplications in those countries where abortion is still providedunder unsafe conditions.
The past two decades have brought important advances in abortioncare as well as increasing cross-disciplinary use of abortiontechnologies in women's health care. Abortion is an importantoption for pregnant women who have serious medical conditions orfetal abnormalities, and fetal reduction techniques are nowwell-integrated into infertility treatment to reduce the risks ofmultiple pregnancies resulting from assisted reproductivetechnologies.
Management of Unintended and AbnormalPregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care is the textbook ofthe National Abortion Federation, and serves as the standard,evidence-based reference text in abortion care. Thisstate-of-the-art textbook provides a comprehensive overview of thepublic health implications of unsafe abortion and reviews the bestsurgical and medical practices for pregnancy termination, as wellas managing ectopic and other abnormal pregnancies.
Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy:Comprehensive Abortion Care is the leading source for acomprehensive understanding of issues related to unintended andabnormal pregnancy. This textbook:
* is authored by internationally-known leaders in women's healthcare;
* addresses unintended pregnancy and abortion from historical,legal, public health, clinical, and quality care perspectives;
* includes chapters on pregnancy loss, ectopic pregnancy,gestational trophoblastic disease, and multifetal pregnancyreduction;
* covers treatment of pregnancies in the first and secondtrimester by both medical and surgical techniques; and
* provides resources for clinical, scientific, and social supportfor the abortion provider and patient.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paul, Maureen

Lichtenberg, Steve

Borgatta, Lynn

Grimes, David A.

Stubblefield, Phillip G.

Creinin, Mitchell D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I Abortion in perspective.
1 Abortion and medicine: A sociopolitical history (Carole JoffePhD).
2 Unsafe abortion: The global public health challenge (Iqbal H.Shah PhD, and Elisabeth Ahman MA)
3 Unintended pregnancy and abortion in the USA: Epidemiology andpublic health impact (Stanley K. Henshaw PhD)
4 Abortion law and policy in the USA (Bonnie Scott Jones JD, andJennifer Dalven JD).
Section II Pre-procedure care.
5 Informed consent, patient education, and counseling (AnneBaker MA, and Terry Beresford BA)
6 Clinical assessment and ultrasound in early pregnancy (StevenR. Goldstein MD, and Matthew F. Reeves MD, MPH).
7 Medical evaluation and management (Anne Davis MD, MPH, andThomas Easterling MD).
8 Pain management (Mark Nichols MD, Glenna Halvorson-Boyd PhD,RN, Robert Goldstein MD, Clifford Gevirtz MD, MPH and David HealowMD).
Section III Abortion methods and techniques.
9 Medical abortion in early pregnancy (Mitchell D. Creinin MD,and Kristina Gemzell Danielsson MD, PhD).
10 First-trimester aspiration abortion (Karen Meckstroth MD,MPH, and Maureen Paul MD, MPH).
11 Dilation and evacuation (Cassing Hammond MD, and StephenChasen MD).
12 Medical methods to induce abortion in the second trimester(Nathalie Kapp MD, MPH, and Helena von Hertzen MD, DDS).
13 The challenging abortion (Lynn Borgatta MD, MPH, and PhillipG. Stubblefield MD).
Section IV Post-procedure care.
14 Contraception and surgical abortion aftercare (Eve Espey MD,MPH, and Laura MacIsaac MD, MPH).
15 Surgical complications: Prevention and management (E. SteveLichtenberg MD, MPH, and David A. Grimes MD).
16 Answering questions about long-term outcomes (Carol J.Rowland Hogue PhD, MPH, Lori A. Boardman MD, and Nada Stotland MD,MSc, MPH).
Section V Management of abnormal pregnancies.
17 Pregnancy loss (Alisa B. Goldberg MD, MPH, Daniela Carusi MD,MSc, and Carolyn Westhoff MD).
18 Ectopic pregnancy (Jennifer L. Kulp MD, and Kurt T. BarnhartMD, MSCE).
19 Gestational trophoblastic disease (Neil J. Sebire MD, andMichael J. Seckl MD, PhD).
20 Abortion for fetal abnormalities or maternal conditions(Jeffrey S. Dungan MD, and Lee P. Shulman MD).
21 Multifetal pregnancy reduction and selective termination(Mark I. Evans MD, and David W. Britt PhD).
Section VI Abortion service delivery.
22 Providing abortion in low-resource settings (Laura CastlemanMD, MPH, MBA, Beverly Winikoff MD, MPH, and Paul Blumenthal MD,MPH).
23 Ensuring quality care in abortion services (Beth Kruse MS,CNM, ARNP, and Carla Eckhardt CPHQ).
Appendix: Resources for abortion providers (Melissa Werner MPH,MAT).

Über Autor(innen)

Maureen Paul, MD, MPH - Planned Parenthood of NYC, Mt. SinaiSchool of Medicine
E. Steve Lichtenberg, MD, MPH - Northwestern UniversitySchool of Medicine
Lynn Borgatta, MD, MPH - Boston University School ofMedicine
David A. Grimes, MD, MPH - University of North CarolinaSchool of Medicine
Phillip G. Stubblefield, MD - Boston University School ofMedicine
Mitchell D. Creinin MD - University of Pittsburgh School ofMedicine