Main description:

For a woman of reproductive age, any medical appointment is a pre-conception visit and an opportunity to address pre-existing conditions that affect pregnancy and the maternal-fetal dyad. However, many neurologic conditions are rarely seen in pregnancy, and limited experience and knowledge may prevent the team from developing a shared approach to these complex conditions during pregnancy.

Neurological Diseases and Pregnancy: A Coordinated Care Model for Best Management brings together experts across the disciplines of maternal fetal medicine, neurology, obstetrics, family planning, genetics, anesthesia, psychiatry, neurosurgery, and lactation to provide a multi-disciplinary, comprehensive, protocol-driven guide on best care for patients with neurologic disease before, during and after pregnancy. Each chapter provides a detailed care map on each unique disorder, and
discusses the use of neurological medications during pregnancy and in lactation. Through this multi-disciplinary approach clinicians can navigate the complexities of preconception and pregnancy care, and help to optimize outcomes for the mother-infant dyad. Beyond pregnancy care, this volume further serves as a
resource on best care for the life-course of women affected by neurologic disease including pre-pregnancy planning, genetic counseling, contraception, and sexuality in neurologic disease, as well as post-partum depression and menopausal neurologic changes.

Contents:

SECTION 1: Reproductive Issues in Women with Neurologic Disease
1. General Approach to Pregnancy Care in the Neurologic Patient
TARA A. LYNCH AND LORALEI L. THORNBURG
2. Pregnancy Safety and Termination
NATALIE S. WHALEY AND ADAM EVANS
3. Contraception Options in Neurologic Disease
TESSA L. REISINGER AND AMY ROBINSON HARRINGTON
4. Pregnancy Physiology: Effects on Immune and Nervous Systems
LAUREN A. MILLER AND MARY N. TOWNER
5. Fetal Imaging for the Neurologist
NEIL S. SELIGMAN AND MITCHELL CHESS
6. Prenatal Genetics for Women with Neurology Disease: Pregnancy, Preimplantation, and Newborn Screening
STEPHANIE DUKHOVNY
7. Radiation Exposure and Neuroimaging During Pregnancy
DZHAMALA GILMANDYAR
8. Cognitive Changes in Pregnancy
MIRIAM T. WEBER
9. Principles of Reproductive Healthcare in Chronic Neurologic Disease
KATHRYN J. DRENNAN AND MARIA VANUSHKINA

SECTION 2: Central Nervous System Neurologic Diseases
10. Immune-mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System
PATRICIA K. COYLE
11. Neurologic Infections in Pregnancy
COURTNEY OLSON-CHEN
12. Headache: Migraine, Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome, and Postnatal Headache
DEBORAH I. FRIEDMAN, SHAMIN MASROUR, AND SUSAN HUTCHINSON
13. Traumatic Brain Injury and Pregnancy
KARLA L. THOMPSON, WILLIAM FILER, MATTHEW HARRIS, AND MICHAEL Y. LEE
14. Ischemic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
JODI DODDS, AARON I. LOOCHTAN, AND CHERYL D. BUSHNELL
15. Hemorrhagic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
AARON I. LOOCHTAN, JODI DODDS, AND CHERYL D. BUSHNELL
16. Management of Intracranial Vascular Lesions During Pregnancy
JACLYN J. RENFROW, AQIB H. ZEHRI, KYLE M. FARGEN, JASMEET SINGH, JOHN A. WILSON, AND STACEY Q. WOLFE
17. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
MICHAEL R. PICHLER AND ROBERT D. BROWN JR.
18. Brain Tumors in Pregnancy
CHINAZOM IBEGBU AND NIMISH A. MOHILE
19. Movement Disorders in Pregnancy
JAMIE L. ADAMS AND CHRISTOPHER G. TAROLLI

SECTION 3: Epilepsy, Seizure, and Sleep Disorders
20. Pregnancy and Epilepsy
TRENTON TOLLEFSON AND LYNN LIU
21. Seizure Medications Effects on Fetus, Neonate, and Lactation
TARA A. LYNCH AND J. CHRISTOPHER GLANTZ
22. Postpartum Care for Women with Epilepsy
ELIZABETH FOUNTAINE, PATRICIA ROGERS, AND LYNN LIU
23. Sleep Disorders and Pregnancy
LYNN LIU

SECTION 4: Neuromuscular, Spinal Cord, and Metabolic Disorders
24. Neuromuscular Diseases: Myasthenia Gravis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Nondystrophic Myotonias, and Muscular Dystrophies
JOHANNA HAMEL AND EMMA CIAFALONI
25. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Pregnancy
PETER D. CREIGH AND DAVID N. HERRMANN
26. Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy in Pregnancy
PARIWAT THAISETTHAWATKUL AND ERIC LOGIGIAN
27. Entrapment Neuropathy and Pregnancy
PARIWAT THAISETTHAWATKUL AND ERIC LOGIGIAN
28. Neurocutaneous Disorders in Pregnancy
ASHA N. TALATI AND DAVID N. HACKNEY
29. Spinal Cord Injury in Pregnancy
KATHRYN J. DRENNAN AND MARIA VANUSHKINA
30. Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMDs) and Pregnancy
AHMED I. AHMED, SARAH ALDHAHERI, AND ALLISON BANNICK

SECTION 5: Delivery and Postpartum
31. Approach to Delivery in the Patient with Neurologic Disease
HEATHER M. LINK AND EVA K. PRESSMAN
32. Anesthetic Considerations for Neurologic Patients
MELISSA KRESO, MARJORIE GLOFF, AND RICHARD WISSLER
33. Neurologic Complications in Obstetric Anesthesia
MARJORIE GLOFF, MELISSA KRESO, AND RICHARD WISSLER
34. Perinatal Depression in Neurological Disease and Disability
MARTE HELENE BJORK AND MALIN EBERHARD-GRAN
35. Breastfeeding in the Context of Neurological Disorders
RUTH A. LAWRENCE AND CASEY ROSEN-CAROLE