Recurrent pregnancy loss is an emotional challenge for patients. This book offers a practical approach to office–based gynecologists and trainee gynecologists to learn how to identify the root causes and minimize the risks of further miscarriage in subsequent pregnancies. This book is part of the Gynecology in Practice Series, which aims to provide a clinical ‘in the office? or ‘at the bedside? guide to effective patient care for gynecologists. INDICE: Series Foreword vii Contributors viii Preface to the first edition xii 1 Obtaining the Relevant History 1 Ole B. Christiansen 2 Which Investigations Are Relevant? 10 Paulien G. de Jong, Emmy van den Boogaard, Claudia R. Kowalik, Rosa Vissenberg, Saskia Middeldorp and Mariëtte Goddijn 3 NK Cells in Peripheral Blood and the Endometrium 29 Gavin Sacks 4 Cytokines and Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss 38 Silvia Daher, Maria Regina Torloni and Rosiane Mattar 5 How to Assess the Prognosis after Recurrent Miscarriage 46 Howard J.A. Carp 6 Which Treatments Should be Offered? PGD/PGS, Allogeneic Lymphocyte Immunization, Intravenous Immunoglobulin 61 Henriette Svarre Nielsen and Ole B. Christiansen 7 Which Treatment Should be Offered? Heparin/Aspirin, Progesterone, Prednisolone 70 Muhammad A. Akhtar and Siobhan Quenby 8 Which Treatment Should be Offered: Metformin, hCG, GM–CSF/G–CSF, TNF–α Inhibitors, Standard IVF/ICSI 78 Ole B. Christiansen 9 Talking to Patients about Lifestyle, Behavior, and Miscarriage Risk 86 Ruth Bender Atik and Barbara E. Hepworth–Jones 10 E ndocrine and Ultrasonic Surveillance of Pregnancies in Patients with Recurrent Miscarriage 103 Adjoa Appiah and Jemma Johns 11 Obstetric Complications in Patients with Recurrent Miscarriage – How Should they be Monitored in the Third Trimester? 115 Shehnaaz Jivraj 12 Recurrent Miscarriage after ART: A Double Challenge 128 El isabeth C. Larsen and Ole B. Christiansen 13 How to Cope with Stress and Depression in Women with Recurrent Miscarriage 135 Keren Shakhar and Dida Fleisig 14 Recurrent Miscarriage and the Risk of Autoimmune Disease and Thromboembolic Disease 146 M. Angeles Martínez–Zamora, Ricard Cervera and Juan Balasch 15 How to Organize and Run an Early Pregnancy Unit/Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic 157 AnnMaria Ellard and Roy G. Farquharson 16 How to Organize an Early Pregnancy Unit/Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic – American Perspective 172 Joanne Kwak–Kim, Kuniaki Ota and Ae–Ra Han 17 Case Studies 180 Ole B. Christiansen Index 191
- ISBN: 978-0-470-67294-5
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 27/12/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés