Main description:

This book offers a comprehensive and clinically relevant survey of adolescent gynecology. Adolescent Gynecology: A Clinical Casebook addresses the many intersecting considerations of gynecologic and reproductive health care for this population using a concise, case-based format.

Organized in four sections, the first introduces chapters on adolescent confidentiality, puberty, and well care. Section II covers varied menstrual disorders, while Section III highlights issues in reproductive health care including sexually transmitted infection and adolescent pregnancy. Finally, Section IV addresses special populations of adolescents, including chapters on girls who have sex with girls, girls who are victims of abuse and girls with special health care needs and chronic health conditions. In each section common gynecologic health issues are discussed in the context of these clinical cases, provide the knowledge needed to further improve comprehensive care of adolescent patients.

Adolescent Gynecology: A Clinical Casebook is a unique resource that delivers essential clinical information for Adolescent Medicine and Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology fellowship trainees, as well as for medical students, resident trainees, and primary care practitioners who are the front-line caregivers for adolescent girls.

Contents:

SECTION 1. General and Developmental Approach to Adolescents 1. Case of a Girl with a Secret
2. Case of a Girl Due for HPV Immunization
3. Case of a Girl with Delayed Puberty and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
4. Case of a Girl with Vulvar Swelling
5. Case of a Girl with an Ovarian Cyst and Abdominal Pain
SECTION 2. Menstrual Disorders

6. Case of a Girl with Irregular Periods, Acne and Hirsutism
7. Case of a Girl with Painful Periods, Pain with Bowel Movements and Dyspareunia
8. Case of a girl with heavy, prolonged periods and anemia
9. Case of a girl with irritability and mood swings with her periods
10. Case of a girl with secondary amenorrhea and an eating disorder
11. Case of a Girl with Primary Amenorrhea, Cyclic Pelvic Pain, and Absent Vagina
12. Case of a Girl with Primary Amenorrhea, Delayed Puberty and High Gonadotropin levels
SECTION 3. Sexually Active Adolescents

13. Case of a Girl with Vaginal Discharge Who Has Sex with Boys
14. Case of a Girl with Vaginal Discharge Who Has Sex with Girls
15. Case of a Girl with Lower Abdominal Pain
16. Case of a Girl with Vulvar Ulcers
17. Case of a Girl with a Positive Pregnancy Test
18. Case of a Girl Seeking Birth Control
19. Case of a Girl with Condom Failure
20. Case of a Girl with Obesity Seeking Birth Control
21. Case of a Girl on Psychotropic Medications Seeking Birth Control
SECTION 4. Special Populations of Adolescents

22. Case of a Sexually Active Girl with Immune Compromise on Teratogenic Medications
23. Case of a Girl Seeking Fertility Counselling
24. Case of Girl with Special Needs Seeking Menstrual Management
25. Case of a Girl with Chronic Abdominal Pain, Frequent Emergency Room Visits and Opioid Abuse