More articles from Medical Problems in Pregnancy
- Anticoagulants and pregnancy: When are they safe?
Thrombotic risk is higher in pregnancy, and some women need anticoagulant therapy. Unfractionated heparin and low-molecular-weight heparins are effective and safe, with caveats.
- Managing varicella zoster infection in pregnancy
Varicella zoster virus infection can be serious for pregnant women and their babies, although it is rare. Fortunately, it is preventable by vaccination.
- Managing genital herpes infections in pregnancy
Primary care physicians can improve the mother’s health and reduce the chance of transmission from mother to neonate by diagnosing and managing genital herpes before or during pregnancy—or better yet, by helping to prevent it.
- Treating depression in pregnancy: Practical suggestions
Treating depression in a pregnant woman is a balance between relieving the mother’s depression and minimizing the baby’s exposure to potentially harmful drugs.
- Recurrent pregnancy loss: Evaluation and discussion of the causes and their management
Women who miscarry two or more consecutive pregnancies deserve an evaluation to look for the cause, which sometimes can be treated.
- Optimizing outcomes in pregnant women with epilepsy
Risks can be minimized with preconception planning, careful obstetric care, and close postpartum follow-up.
- The liver in pregnancy: Disease vs benign changes
Liver dysfunction may be caused by the pregnancy, it may be unrelated to the pregnancy, or it may be a chronic condition that existed before the pregnancy.
- Medical problems in pregnancy
This month we start a new series with an article on cardiovascular problems in pregnancy; future articles will cover hypertension, selected neurologic problems, medications, and other pregnancy-related topics for the internist.
- Cardiovascular problems and pregnancy: An approach to management
We review the impact of pregnancy on a number of heart diseases (and vice versa) and offer recommendations for their management.