This practical handbook provides a clear and comprehensive evidence-based primary-care guide to the care of women patients in ambulatory practice, intended for general and family practitioners, nurses, physicians' assistants and all who practice primary care of women. It emphasizes preventive care a
Handbook of Women's Health: An Evidence-Based Approach
β Scribed by Jo Ann Rosenfeld
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2004
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- English
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- 629
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- 1
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β¦ Synopsis
This practical handbook provides a clear and comprehensive evidence-based primary-care guide to the care of women patients in ambulatory practice, intended for general and family practitioners, nurses, physicians' assistants and all who practice primary care of women. It emphasizes preventive care and well-woman care throughout the lifecycle of a woman, including sexuality, contraception, medical care in pregnancy, psychological and important medical concerns. It stresses the strength of evidence underlying common practices of care of women. Hb ISBN (2001): 0-521-78833-1
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 11
Common abbreviations used in the text......Page 13
Introduction......Page 17
Exclusion and extension......Page 18
New guidelines for research......Page 19
Insurance......Page 20
Living circumstances......Page 21
Elderly women......Page 22
Drug use and metabolism......Page 23
Specific examples......Page 25
REFERENCES......Page 27
Preventive care......Page 29
Concerns unique to adolescents......Page 31
Organizations......Page 32
Health maintenance issues......Page 33
The first pelvic examination......Page 34
Contraception and STD prevention......Page 35
Eating disorders (see chapter 28)......Page 36
Safety......Page 37
REFERENCES......Page 38
Strength of evidence......Page 41
New guidelines......Page 42
Physical examination......Page 43
Specific screening tests......Page 45
Hormone replacement therapy......Page 47
Aspirin therapy......Page 49
Counselling behavioral changes......Page 51
REFERENCES......Page 55
Well-being/living situation/independence......Page 58
Presence of chronic disease......Page 60
Language/acculturation......Page 61
Emotional/mental status/cognitive functioning......Page 62
Ambulation/activity patterns......Page 65
Diet/nutrition......Page 67
Risk of elder abuse......Page 70
Risk of injury......Page 71
Immunizations......Page 73
Screening (Table 4.8)......Page 74
Postmenopausal therapies......Page 82
REFERENCES......Page 83
Epidemiology......Page 88
Respiratory system......Page 89
Stroke......Page 90
Early menopause and decreased fertility......Page 91
Quitting improves risks......Page 92
Differences in women quitting smoking......Page 93
Methods of quitting smoking......Page 94
Pregnancy and smoking......Page 96
Hormone replacement therapy......Page 97
REFERENCES......Page 98
Introduction......Page 100
Adolescents......Page 102
Vegetarianism......Page 103
Hypertension......Page 104
Cancer......Page 105
Menstrual disorders......Page 106
REFERENCES......Page 107
Physiological......Page 109
Treatment......Page 110
Studies of current inactivity......Page 112
Revised exercise recommendations......Page 113
Readiness for exercise......Page 114
History......Page 115
Fitness evaluation......Page 116
Perceived exertion rating (RPE)......Page 117
Weight loss tips......Page 118
Exercise and pregnancy......Page 119
Exercise and the elderly woman......Page 120
Conclusions......Page 121
REFERENCES......Page 122
Psychosocial health......Page 125
Definitions......Page 127
Theories of early psychological development......Page 128
Womenβs psychological development......Page 130
Principles of psychosocial care for women......Page 131
Psychosocial health through the life cycle: adolescents......Page 134
Adult women......Page 136
Older women......Page 139
Conclusions......Page 141
REFERENCES......Page 142
Sexuality......Page 145
Medical concerns......Page 147
Initiation of sexual intimacy......Page 148
Pregnancy......Page 149
Post partum......Page 150
Gynecological cancers......Page 151
Breast cancer......Page 152
Chronic illness......Page 153
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors......Page 158
Midlife......Page 159
Interest......Page 160
Facilitation......Page 161
Dementia......Page 162
Decreased sexual desire......Page 163
Sexual arousal disorders......Page 164
Vaginismus......Page 165
REFERENCES......Page 166
Introduction......Page 169
Effectiveness......Page 174
Doses and medication......Page 175
Abstinence......Page 177
Fertility awareness......Page 178
Spermicides/sponges......Page 179
Condoms......Page 180
Diaphragm......Page 181
Oral contraceptive pills......Page 182
Impact......Page 187
Side effects......Page 188
Cancer effects......Page 189
Method......Page 190
Side effects......Page 191
Types of IUDs......Page 192
Follow-up......Page 193
Male sterilization......Page 194
Adolescents......Page 195
Breast-feeding women......Page 196
Conclusions......Page 197
REFERENCES......Page 198
Etiology......Page 200
Evaluation and collaborative treatment......Page 202
Anovulation treatment......Page 206
Psychological effects of infertility......Page 207
Impact......Page 208
Care of adoptive mother......Page 209
Fitting the child into the family......Page 211
REFERENCES......Page 212
Introduction......Page 213
Domestic violence......Page 214
Substance abuse......Page 215
Cervical cancer screening......Page 216
Bone density screening......Page 217
Family planning and parenting......Page 218
Strategies for optimizing lesbian health care......Page 219
REFERENCES......Page 220
Dietary precautions......Page 222
Occupational concerns......Page 223
Chronic medical problems......Page 226
Assessment of poor pregnancy outcome......Page 227
Medication use in pregnancy......Page 228
Diagnostic measures......Page 231
Medical care of common acute conditions......Page 233
Diabetes......Page 236
Hypertension......Page 239
Seizure disorders......Page 241
Asthma......Page 242
Heart disease......Page 243
Conclusion......Page 245
REFERENCES......Page 246
Genitourinary medicine......Page 249
Importance......Page 251
Etiology (Table 14.1)......Page 252
Evaluation......Page 255
Treatment......Page 256
Symptoms......Page 259
Definitions......Page 260
Etiology (Figure 14.2)......Page 261
Evaluation......Page 263
Diagnosis by age......Page 265
Treatment......Page 266
REFERENCES......Page 268
Epidemiology......Page 270
Clinical presentation......Page 272
Prevention......Page 274
Epidemiology......Page 275
Clinical presentation......Page 276
Follow-up......Page 277
Patient education......Page 278
Costs......Page 279
Clinical presentation......Page 280
Patient education......Page 281
Special considerations......Page 282
Clinical presentation......Page 283
Prevention......Page 284
Special considerations......Page 285
Clinical presentation......Page 286
Treatment......Page 287
Special considerations......Page 288
Etiology......Page 289
Epidemiology......Page 290
Clinical presentation......Page 291
Special consideration......Page 293
Clinical disease......Page 294
REFERENCES......Page 295
Bacterial vaginosis......Page 297
Vulvovaginal candidiasis......Page 298
Trichomoniasis......Page 299
Vulvovaginal candidiasis......Page 300
Bacterial vaginosis......Page 301
Irritative or allergic vaginitis......Page 303
REFERENCES......Page 306
Epidemiology......Page 308
Approach......Page 309
Etiology (Table 17.1)......Page 310
Evaluation......Page 311
Treatment (Table 17.2)......Page 313
Speciflctherapy......Page 314
Diagnosis......Page 315
Treatment......Page 316
Associated symptoms......Page 317
Treatment......Page 318
Pain in a specific area of vulva or vagina......Page 319
REFERENCES......Page 320
The effectiveness of Pap test and access problems......Page 322
Etiology β the role of the human papillomavirus......Page 324
The false-negative rate of the conventional Pap smear......Page 325
Initiation......Page 326
The Bethesda system......Page 327
Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance......Page 328
Adjunctive testing......Page 332
Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion......Page 333
Atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance......Page 335
High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion......Page 337
Cervical cancer......Page 338
REFERENCES......Page 339
Epidemiology......Page 342
Symptoms and diagnosis and evaluation of postmenopausal bleeding......Page 343
Prognostic factors......Page 346
Follow-up......Page 347
REFERENCES......Page 348
Risk factors......Page 349
Ovarian masses......Page 350
Screening......Page 353
REFERENCES......Page 355
Importance and epidemiology......Page 357
Risk factors (Table 21.1)......Page 358
Urge incontinence......Page 359
Stress incontinence......Page 360
Diagnosis (Table 21.3)......Page 361
Success......Page 363
Stress incontinence......Page 365
Mixed types......Page 366
Surgical treatment......Page 367
URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS......Page 368
Risk factors (Table 21.7)......Page 369
Diagnosis......Page 370
Acute uncomplicated UTI or acute cystitis......Page 372
Pyelonephritis......Page 374
Secondary prevention......Page 375
REFERENCES......Page 377
Breast disorders......Page 381
Noncyclic pain without a mass......Page 383
Cyclic pain......Page 384
Symptoms......Page 385
Treatment......Page 386
Treatment......Page 387
Nonlactational infections or abscess......Page 388
Etiology......Page 389
Diagnosis......Page 391
Impact......Page 392
Symptoms and importance......Page 393
Diagnosis......Page 394
REFERENCES......Page 396
Familial breast cancer......Page 399
Impact......Page 400
Efficacy......Page 401
Mammography screening in women aged 40 to 49 years......Page 403
Accuracy of mammography......Page 404
Risks of mammography......Page 405
Efficacy......Page 406
Breast self-examination......Page 407
Primary prevention of breast cancer......Page 408
REFERENCES......Page 412
Psychological disorders......Page 415
Introduction......Page 417
Incidence......Page 418
The nature of violent relationships......Page 419
Acute medical consequences......Page 423
Effects on children......Page 424
Screening for violence......Page 425
The clinical environment......Page 427
The intervention process......Page 428
Tertiary prevention......Page 434
REFERENCES......Page 435
Definitions......Page 438
Types of sexual assault......Page 439
Intermediate phase......Page 442
Long-term effects......Page 443
Victims......Page 444
Family reactions......Page 445
Implications......Page 446
Examination......Page 447
Laboratory evaluation (Table 25.1)......Page 448
Infection (Table 25.2)......Page 449
REFERENCES......Page 450
Epidemiology......Page 453
Risk factors (Table 26.1)......Page 454
Clinical symptoms......Page 455
Differential......Page 456
Treatment......Page 457
Risk factors......Page 462
Caregivers......Page 463
Cancer patients......Page 464
Chronic disease......Page 465
Elderly......Page 466
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (Table 26.9)......Page 467
Postpartum depression......Page 468
Menopause......Page 470
REFERENCES......Page 471
Definitions......Page 474
Impact on women......Page 475
Medical effects......Page 476
Pregnancy......Page 477
Diagnosis......Page 478
Treatment......Page 480
Clinical presentation......Page 482
Treatment......Page 483
REFERENCES......Page 484
Risk factors......Page 487
Diagnosis and evaluation......Page 488
Complications of eating disorders......Page 492
Treatment......Page 494
Conclusion......Page 495
REFERENCES......Page 496
Common medical problems......Page 497
Introduction......Page 499
Nonmodifiable risk factors for CHD (Table 29.1)......Page 500
Major modifiable risk factors (Table 29.1)......Page 502
Hormone replacement therapy......Page 507
Vitamin E......Page 509
History......Page 510
Differential diagnosis......Page 511
Stress testing......Page 513
Treatment of CHD in women......Page 516
Acute myocardial infarction......Page 517
Conclusions......Page 518
REFERENCES......Page 519
Introduction......Page 524
Epidemiology and natural history......Page 525
Pathophysiology......Page 526
Diagnostic criteria......Page 527
Rationale for tight glucose control......Page 528
Long-term goals......Page 529
Cardiovascular risk management......Page 530
Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy......Page 532
Dietary therapy......Page 533
Exercise......Page 534
Depression......Page 535
Reproductive age women......Page 536
REFERENCES......Page 541
Sex risk......Page 545
Hyperthyroidism......Page 546
Blood levels of circulating thyroid hormones......Page 547
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation testing......Page 548
Ultrasound......Page 549
Thyroiditis......Page 550
Gravesβ disease......Page 552
Thyroid storm......Page 553
Thyroid nodules......Page 555
Thyroid cancers......Page 556
Postpartum thyroiditis......Page 557
Elderly women......Page 558
REFERENCES......Page 559
Epidemiology and natural history......Page 561
Diagnosis (Table 32.1)......Page 562
Gender disparity in research concerning treatment......Page 563
Lifestyle modification......Page 564
Drug therapy......Page 565
Elderly......Page 569
Preeclampsia......Page 570
STROKE......Page 571
Primary prevention......Page 572
Atrial fibrillation......Page 573
Myocardial infarction......Page 575
Hyperlipidemia......Page 576
Lifestyle factors......Page 577
Diagnosis......Page 578
Treatment and secondary prevention......Page 579
Oral contraceptive pills......Page 580
Conclusions......Page 581
REFERENCES......Page 582
Epidemiology......Page 585
Risk factors......Page 586
Primary prevention......Page 587
Diagnosis......Page 590
Treatment......Page 591
Follow-up and further evaluation......Page 595
Epidemiology......Page 596
Primary prevention......Page 597
Treatment and secondary prevention......Page 600
Epidemiology......Page 603
Clinical course......Page 604
Diagnosis......Page 605
Treatment......Page 606
Conclusions......Page 607
REFERENCES......Page 608
Index......Page 611
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