Preconception counseling: Make it part of the annual exam

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 307-314

  Carl, Jenny ^a   Hill, D Ashley ^a  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ATORVASTATIN; CAFFEINE; CAPTOPRIL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; CREATININE; DIAZEPAM; ENALAPRIL; FLUOXETINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INSULIN; ISOTRETINOIN; LISINOPRIL; LORAZEPAM; METHOTREXATE; METHYLDOPA; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SIMVASTATIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VALPROIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WARFARIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANENCEPHALUS; ANTICOAGULATION; ANURIA; CHICKENPOX; CHILD CARE; CLEFT LIP; CLUBFOOT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EPILEPSY; FACE MALFORMATION; FETAL HYDANTOIN SYNDROME; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNIZATION; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIMB MALFORMATION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROCEPHALY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POLYDACTYLY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; RUBELLA; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPINA BIFIDA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WEIGHT CONTROL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649592757     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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