Neurological Illness in Pregnancy

This book is a practical and easily readable guide for neurologists, obstetricians, and primary care doctors treating female patients with neurological illness in their reproductive years. Offers wide ranging coverage, including family planning and lactation Presents information in approachable tables and summaries, focusing on high yield information useful for clinical consultation Is written by a team of experts and edited by recognized leaders in the field

Notes on contributors, vi Preface, ix 1 The history and examination, 1 Mary A. O’Neal 2 Hormonal and physiologic changes in pregnancy, 9 Janet F. R. Waters 3 Neuroimaging, 15 William T. Delfyett & David T. Fetzer 4 Neurologic complications in the obstetrical anesthesia patient, 70 Olajide Kowe & Jonathan H. Waters 5 Headaches during pregnancy and peripartum, 80 Huma Sheikh 6 Stroke in pregnancy and the puerperium, 92 Louis R. Caplan & Diogo C. Haussen 7 Selecting contraception for women treated with antiepileptic drugs, 110 Page B. Pennell & Anne Davis 8 Epilepsy, 122 Mark S. Yerby 9 Multiple sclerosis, 142 Aiden Haghikia & Kerstin Hellwig 10 Neuromuscular disorders, 153 Mohammad Kian Salajegheh & Kathy Chuang 11 Anterior and posterior pituitary disease and pregnancy, 167 Mark E. Molitch 12 Movement disorders and pregnancy, 179 Sathiji Nageshwaran, Marsha Smith, & Yvette M. Bordelon 13 Brain tumors and pregnancy, 191 Soma Sengupta & Elizabeth Gerstner 14 Neuro-ophthalmology in pregnancy, 201 Linda P. Kelly, Nancy J. Newman, & Val´erie Biousse 15 Neurological infections in pregnancy, 213 Shibani S. Mukerji & Jennifer L. Lyons 16 Neurosurgery, 234 Judith M. Wong, Anil Can, & Rose Du 17 Sleep disorders, 243 Sally Ibrahim & Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer 18 Neurourology of pregnancy, 258 Kimberly L. Ferrante, Victor W. Nitti, & Benjamin M. Brucker Index, 269