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Gynecologic Care and Contraception in the Medically Complex Adolescent

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When caring for adolescents and young women with chronic illnesses, it is important to address routine gynecologic care and your patient’s contraceptive needs to ensure her optimal health and avoid putting an unplanned pregnancy at risk for serious health effects to both the mother and/or the fetus. This chapter will review what special considerations need to be employed in routine gynecologic care for medically complex paients including Pap smear screening, STI screening, and HPV vaccination. In addition, this chapter will discuss special considerations to address your patient’s contraceptive needs. This will include how the chronic illness and the medications used to treat it interact with contraception and why it is important to consider the risk of pregnancy to your patient’s health and that of the fetus, in addition to issues of teratogenicity, thrombosis, contraceptive efficacy, continuation rates, and interactions with contraception and chronic illness medications.

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  1. Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

    Amanda M. Jacobs M.D.

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    Hina J. Talib M.D.

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Jacobs, A.M. (2018). Gynecologic Care and Contraception in the Medically Complex Adolescent. In: Talib, H.J. (eds) Adolescent Gynecology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66978-6_22

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