Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook
Autor Katherine Sherifen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 mai 2013
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1461462673
Pagini: 174
Ilustrații: XVII, 127 p. 4 illus.
Dimensiuni: 127 x 204 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Ediția:2013
Editura: Springer
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States
Public țintă
Professional/practitionerCuprins
Section I. Managing Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Symptoms with the New Menopausal HT Chapter 1 Definitions of Menopause and Biological Actions of Sex Steroids Chapter 2 Principles of Practice
Chapter 3 Medical Association Guidelines, post--2002/Women's Health Initiative Findings Chapter 4 Perimenopausal Symptoms: Hot Flushes and Night Sweats; Sleep Disturbances; Urogenital Discomfort; Sexual Libido Issues; Mood and Cognitive Changes Chapter 5 Bio-identical Hormones: Compounded and Non-Compounded Section II Prescription of HT
Overview Chapter 6 Transdermal Estrogen as Preferred Prescription for Perimenopausal Symptom Relief, and the Role of Progesterone Chapter 7 The Significance of Hormone Routes of Administration Chapter 8 Hormone Therapy: Individualizing Treatment Based Upon Perimenopausal Symptoms Chapter 9 FAQ: HT Prescription Section III: Monitoring, Side Effects, Co-existing Conditions, and Ending Treatment Overview Chapter 10 Hormone Therapy: Monitoring Effects and Side Effects Chapter 11 Evaluation of Abnormal Menstrual Bleeding Chapter 12 FAQ: Ending HT Chapter 13 FAQ: HT and Other Conditions: Uterine Fibroids, Autoimmune Disease, Hypothyroidism and History of Breast Cancer Section IV. The Medical and Cultural History of HT Overview Chapter 14 History of HT Use: Controversies and Confusions Chapter 15 The 2002 Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI): What Did It Prove or Disprove? Future Directions Appendix: Reference Table of HT Brand Names
Notă biografică
Katherine Sherif, MD, FACP
Drexel University College of Medicine, Drexel Center for Women's Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Textul de pe ultima copertă
Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook provides a comprehensive overview on hormone replacement therapy, with a range of key features that differentiate it from other titles on the topic. This concise, handy title presents an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, acknowledging that sex hormones affect more than reproductive organs and hot flushes for a deeper understanding of how hormones function. The authors provide a breadth and depth of practical prescribing experience, including many helpful tables and algorithms as well as directions for prescribing hormone therapy in the most effective and safest ways possible. Targeted and easy to read, Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook offers all clinicians the state-of-the-art information they need to prescribe hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy.
Caracteristici
An interdisciplinary approach is implemented in the book, acknowledging that sex hormones affect more than reproductive organs and hot flushes for a deeper understanding of how hormones function
Many tables, call-out boxes, and algorithms are provided
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Descriere
Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook provides a comprehensive overview on hormone replacement therapy, with a range of key features that differentiate it from other titles on the topic. This concise, handy title presents an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, acknowledging that sex hormones affect more than reproductive organs and hot flushes for a deeper understanding of how hormones function. The authors provide a breadth and depth of practical prescribing experience, including many helpful tables and algorithms as well as directions for prescribing hormone therapy in the most effective and safest ways possible. Targeted and easy to read, Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook offers all clinicians the state-of-the-art information they need to prescribe hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy.