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Women's Health and Epilepsy

eMedicine — Overview: Epidemiology Population studies have reported the incidence of epilepsy in both sexes is 44 cases per 100,000 person years. The incidence in females, at 41 cases per 100,000 person years, is less than that for males, at 49 ... Associate ...More…
Viral Infections and Pregnancy

eMedicine — Overview: IntroductionViral infections in pregnancy are major causes of morbidity and mortality for both mother and fetus. Infections can occur in the neonate transplacentally, perinatally (from vaginal secretions or blood), or postnatally (from ...More…
Vanishing Twin Syndrome

eMedicine — Overview: Vanishing twin syndrome, first described by Stoeckel in 1945, is the identification of a multifetal gestation with subsequent disappearance of one or more fetuses. The rate of multifetal gestation at conception is higher than the ...More…
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery

eMedicine — Overview: Once a cesarean, always a cesarean. From the time they were spoken in 1916 to the New York Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists over the ensuing 50-60 years, these words reflected most of US obstetricians' management of ...More…
Urinary Tract Infections in Pregnancy

eMedicine — Overview: Pregnancy causes numerous changes in the body of a woman. Hormonal and mechanical changes increase the risk of urinary stasis and vesicoureteral reflux. These changes, along with an already short urethra (approximately 3-4 cm in ...More…
Umbilical Cord Complications

eMedicine — Overview: Umbilical cord complications in pregnancy are numerous, ranging from false knots, which have no clinical significance, to vasa previa, which often leads to fetal death. As prenatal ultrasound becomes increasingly sophisticated, many of ...More…
Ultrasonography, Pelvic

eMedicine — Overview: Pelvic sonography may be viewed as a form or extension of the physical examination. In transabdominal scanning, a full bladder is used to displace bowel gas and serve as an acoustic window to allow a large ... Pelvic sonography may be ...More…
Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy

eMedicine — Overview: Platelets are nonnucleated cells derived from megakaryocytes in the bone marrow and normally live in the peripheral circulation for as long as 10 days. Platelets play a critical initiating role in the hemostatic system. Primary ...More…
Therapeutic Abortion

eMedicine — Overview: Therapeutic abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy before fetal viability in order to preserve maternal health. In its broadest definition, therapeutic abortion can be performed to (1) save the life of the mother, (2) ...More…
Teratology and Drug Use During Pregnancy

eMedicine — Overview: Drug use is an uncommon cause of birth defects, yet approximately 200,000 children (3-5% of live births) are born with birth defects each year.1While some papers estimate that 1-3% of birth defects are thought to be ... Assistant ...More…
Shock and Pregnancy

eMedicine — Overview: Shock is a state of compromised tissue perfusion that causes cellular hypoxia. It is defined as a syndrome initiated by acute hypoperfusion, leading to tissue hypoxia and vital organ dysfunction. Shock is a systemic disorder affecting ...More…
Seizure Disorders in Pregnancy

eMedicine — Overview: Approximately 1 million women of childbearing age in the United States have seizure disorders. Of these women, approximately 20,000 give birth each year. Concerns during these pregnancies include the risk of fetal malformation, ...More…

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