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Pregnancy and the Peripartum Period

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Advances in medical care allow patients with increasing age and medical complexity to have safe, healthy pregnancies. Primary care clinicians can play a key role in supporting the overall health of patients who are or who desire to be pregnant. This chapter presents an approach to primary care for patients before, during, and after pregnancy including preconception counseling, medication and radiographic imaging safety, and management of common chronic illnesses during pregnancy.

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  1. Department of Obstetric Medicine, Brown University Medical School, Women & Infants’ Hospital, Providence, RI, USA

    Srilakshmi Mitta

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  4. Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

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Mitta, S. (2022). Pregnancy and the Peripartum Period. In: Truglio, J., Lee, R.S., Warren, B.E., Soriano, R.P. (eds) Sexual and Reproductive Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94632-6_8

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