Ectopic Pregnancy: A Clinical Casebook

ISBN-13: 9783319111391 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 165 str.

Togas Tulandi

Opis

Comprised exclusively of clinical cases covering ectopic pregnancy, this concise, practical casebook will provide clinicians in reproductive medicine and obstetrics/gynecology with the best real-world strategies to properly diagnose and treat the various forms of the condition they may encounter. Each chapter is a case that opens with a unique clinical presentation, followed by a description of the diagnosis, assessment and management techniques used to treat it, as well as the case outcome and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Cases included illustrate different management strategies - from treatment with methotrexate to surgical interventions - as well as types of ectopic pregnancy, such as ovarian, interstitial, heterotopic and abdominal forms, among others. Pragmatic and reader-friendly, Ectopic Pregnancy: A Clinical Casebook will be an excellent resource for reproductive medicine specialists, obstetricians and gynecologists, and family and emergency medicine physicians alike.

Recenzje

"This is a very well-written case-based, practical guide to the management of ectopic pregnancy. ... It is an excellent resource for practicing clinicians, residents, and the students alike. Composed exclusively of clinical cases covering ectopic pregnancy, this concise, practical casebook will provide clinicians in reproductive medicine and obstetrics/gynecology with the best real-world strategies to properly diagnose and treat the various forms of the condition they may encounter." (Moujahed Hammami, The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India, Vol. 65, 2015)

Spis treści

Identification of Risk Factors of Ectopic Pregnancy.- Discriminatory Serum hCG level for Ectopic Pregnancy.- Pregnancy of Unknown Location.- Ectopic Pregnancy After In-Vitro Fertilization.- Surgical Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy.- Bleeding Ectopic Pregnancy.- Medical Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy.- Compliance with Methotrexate Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy.- Inadvertent Methotrexate Administration.- Effect of Methotrexate Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy on Current and Subsequent Pregnancy.- Interstitial Pregnancy.- Cervical Pregnancy.- Ovarian Ectopic Pregnancy.- Cesarean Scar Pregnancy.-  Abdominal Pregnancy.- Intramural Pregnancy.- Heterotopic Pregnancy.- Retroperitoneal Ectopic Pregnancy.- Ectopic Molar Pregnancy.- Rudimentary Uterine Horn Pregnancy.- Fertility after Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy.

O autorze

Togas Tulandi, MD, MHCM, FRCSC, FACOG, Professor and Academic Vice Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Milton Leong Chair in Reproductive Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.