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Pregnancy represents a higher risk state than the nonpregnant condition for all women, but especially for women with medical conditions. Any choice of contraceptive for a patient with a medical condition should include a weighing of the risks of that method with the risk of pregnancy. This chapter will outline resources for clinicians attempting to determine the best contraceptive method for women with medical conditions, specific behaviors, or attributes, including the Centers for Disease Control US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use and Selected Practice Recommendations.
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Important Resources
Weblink for text MEC document: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr5904.pdf.
Weblink for MEC summary chart: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/Unintended-Pregnancy/Docs/USMEC-Color-62012.docx.
These documents can also be easily found while seeing patients by entering “CDC US MEC” into most Internet search engines.
The US SPR can be found at the following link: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr6205.pdf. www.societyfp.org.
Weblink for Continuing Education Examination: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/cme/conted.html.
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Russo, J., Nelson, A.L. (2016). Contraception for Women with Medical Conditions. In: Shoupe, D., Mishell, Jr., D. (eds) The Handbook of Contraception. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20185-6_3
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