This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date reference on general and subspecialty gynecology. Covering all aspects of gynecology commonly encountered in day-to-day practice, this exhaustive and fully updated new edition provides a practical, one-stop reference work for clinicians working in the field.
This carefully-designed volume includes ten sections, beginning with comprehensive coverage of office-based gynecology, and continuing on to present disease processes and management information by patient age group. Each chapter includes background information, current recommendations for screening, diagnostic criteria, common and uncommon associated problems, approach to diagnosis, summary of treatment options, and an overview of ICD-10 codes for specific diagnoses. Importantly, many areas that are covered in the handbook as subspecialty problems are pertinent and important information to many of the general practitioners who handle and develop some expertise in these areas. These include ovulation induction, medical management of incontinence, management of abnormal Pap smears, and work-up of abnormal bleeding. The handbook concludes with an easy-to-navigate presentation of minimally-invasive operations, surgical procedures, neoplasms, and pathology. Advantages and risks associated with management of particular diseases are covered, along with multiple tips for avoiding complications.
This second edition is fully updated. With extensive updates on cervical cancer screening, pelvic organ prolapse, and more, many chapters will be completely rewritten to reflect the latest guidelines, procedures, and methods of care in women's health. The text additionally includes two new chapters, covering the impact of COVID on gynecology care, and the work-up and surgical management of chronic pelvic pain.
This is an ideal guide for practicing gynecologists, family and internal medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, fellows, residents, medical students, and all women's health care providers.
About the Author: Donna Shoupe, M.D., M.B.A. is a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. She also has an appointment in the Department of Family Medicine. She graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974 and the Ohio State College of Medicine. She also graduated from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California in 2002. She did her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and her Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship at Los Angeles County University of Southern California School of Medicine and was appointed to the faculty in 1984.
She has received many awards and served in many leadership positions. She has published more than 90 peer review papers, more than 60 book chapters, and has edited 8 books. She is also an editor of the journal Contraception and Reproductive Medicine. She is a member of several national organizations and reviewer for multiple journals.Her main interests include menopause, ovarian conservation, contraception, osteoporosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, insulin resistance, hormone therapy, uterine anomalies, androgen excess, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease in women.
