Chapter 007 Medical Disorders during Pregnancy (Part 7) docx

... disease is commonly observed during pregnancy. In part this may be due to pregnancy- induced alteration in the metabolism of bile and fatty acids. Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy is generally ... infection. More commonly, primary CMV infection during pregnancy creates a risk of congenital CMV. No currently accepted treatment of CMV during pregnancy has been demonstrated...

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... Chapter 007. Medical Disorders during Pregnancy (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Part 1. Introduction to Clinical Medicine > Chapter 7. Medical Disorders during Pregnancy ... Pregnancy Medical Disorders during Pregnancy: Introduction Approximately 4 million births occur in the United States each year. A significant proportion of these...

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... thorough prepregnancy evaluation, both to identify remediable causes of hypertension and to ensure that the prescribed antihypertensive agents are not associated with an adverse outcome of pregnancy ... in pregnancy. Baseline evaluation of renal function is necessary to help differentiate the effects of chronic hypertension versus superimposed preeclampsia should the hypertension wors...

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... subsequent pregnancy has been reported, and women should be counseled to avoid pregnancy after a diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy. Chapter 007. Medical Disorders during Pregnancy (Part ... well tolerated during pregnancy in the absence of pulmonary hypertension, provided that the woman's prepregnancy cardiac status is favorable. Use of air filters on IV se...

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... retardation. When DVT occurs in the postpartum Chapter 007. Medical Disorders during Pregnancy (Part 4) Marfan Syndrome (See also Chap. 3 57) This is an autosomal dominant disease, associated ... Leiden mutation increases the risk for DVT and pulmonary embolism during pregnancy. Approximately 25% of women with DVT during pregnancy carry the factor V Leiden allele...

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... treatment agent of choice. For women with gestational diabetes, within the 10 years after the index pregnancy there is a 40% risk of being diagnosed with diabetes. All women with a history of gestational ... biochemical evidence of fetal lung maturity. In general, efforts to control glucose and maintain the pregnancy until the estimated date of delivery result in the best overall out...

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... required to maintain the TSH in the normal Chapter 007. Medical Disorders during Pregnancy (Part 6) Thyroid Disease (See also Chap. 335) In pregnancy, the estrogen-induced increase in ... postpartum period but not consistently during pregnancy; management is discussed in Chap. 363. The risk of stroke is generally thought to increase during pregnancy because of a...

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... Chapter 007. Medical Disorders during Pregnancy (Part 8) Rubella (See also Chap. 186) Rubella virus is a known teratogen; ... in levothyroxine requirements during pregnancy in women with hypo thyroidism. N Engl J Med 351:292, 2005 Bates SM et al: Use of antithrombotic agents during pregnancy: The Seventh ACCP Conference ... reduced by prescribing acyclovir for t...

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... these regions. Patients have broader access to unique expertise or clinical trials at distant medical centers, and the cost of travel may be offset by the quality of care at these distant locations. ... other factor influencing global aspects of medicine, the Internet has transformed the transfer of medical information throughout the world. This change has been accompanied by the tran...

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... 10475209] Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin (Part 7) Acknowledgments Sheldon M. Wolff, MD, now deceased, was an author of a previous version of this chapter. It is to his memory that the chapter ... that the chapter is dedicated. The substantial contributions of Charles A. Dinarello, MD, to this chapter in previous editions are gratefully acknowledged. Further Readin...

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