html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 1 Antenatal care and risk assessment Dilly Anumba Antenatal Disorders for the MRCOG and Beyond, Second Edition, ed. Dilly Anumba and Shehnaaz Jivraj. Published by Cambridge…
Intravenous: bolus dose 50 mg given slowly followed by continuous infusion up to 160 mg/hBradycardiaBronchospasmScalp tinglingAsthmaPhaeochromocytomaNifedipineCalcium channel antagonistOral:10 mg bd to 20 mg qdsHeadacheFlushingTachycardiaOedemaLethargyAortic stenosisLiver diseaseAvoid before 20 weeks gestation (NICE 2010)1MethyldopaCentral actionOral: 250 mg…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 3 Multiple pregnancy Chibuike Iruloh Antenatal Disorders for the MRCOG and Beyond, Second Edition, ed. Dilly Anumba and Shehnaaz Jivraj. Published by Cambridge University Press. ©…
Figure 18.1 Axial T1-weighted in-phase (a) and out-of-phase (b) images demonstrate a 2 cm incidental right adrenal nodule. It is intermediate in signal on the in-phase image (arrows) and becomes…
Figure 10.1 Effects of ovariectomy and estrogen or androgen treatment on vaginal tissue structure (a–d). Female rats were left intact (control; a) or ovariectomized and after 2 weeks were infused…
Figure 11.1 Types of enzyme blocks and their consequences in CAH. The inherited defect in steroid biosynthesis of cortisol decreases cortisol, which leads to an increase in ACTH. This can…
Figure 12.1 A patient with Cushing’s syndrome before (a) and after (b) adrenalectomy. Note the typical round “moon” face in (a). Picture courtesy of [24]. Figure 12.2 Patient with Cushing’s…
Figure 16.1 Hirsutism is thick, dark terminal hair on androgen-sensitive areas of the body, such as the chin and upper lip (a), pelvis and linea alba (b), and sideburns and…
Figure 8.1 Representation of the role of ovarian and adrenal sources of sex steroids in women. After menopause, the secretion of estradiol by the ovaries ceases and almost all of…
Figure 17.1 Competitive immunoassay. The Y-axis is the % of Bound/Bound (B/B) at 0% concentration of unlabeled antigen, while the X-axis is the concentration of unlabeled antigen. From Abnova (Taiwan)…
