URL

http://www.cw.bc.ca/library/pdf/pamphlets/BCCH1071_CAH.pdf

Website Notes

(391KB).

Author

Kelton, Sheila

Corporate Author

Endocrinology Clinic, BC Children's Hospital

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

Children's & Women's Health Centre of BC

Publication Date

2012

Physical Description

Paperback, 34 P.

Subject

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Adrenal Gland. Adrenal Gland Diseases

Endocrinology

Abstract

This booklet describes the condition, including the physiology of the adrenal pathway, but it has an emphasis on practical details, such as measuring/giving salt to infants, preventing adrenal crisis, giving emergency injections, etc. There is also a section on issues for families and girls whose fetal development has been affected by excess androgens. The booklet has been written with input from parents and adult women affected by CAH.

Notes

BCCH1071

ISBN

0000000000001

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

GI 390 KEL 2012

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Author

Minnick, Molly A.

Delp, Kathleen J.

Miotti, Mary C.

Edition

5th ed

Publisher

Pineapple Press

Publication Date

2012

Physical Description

112 pages

Subject

Genetic Counseling

Abortion-Coping

Grief. Bereavement

Pregnancy Complications

Pregnancy Loss. Miscarriage

Abstract

For parents who have received a fetal diagnosis during pregnancy, and are deciding (or have decided) whether to interrupt the pregnancy. Supports grieving parents, and provides information on:

- The decision-making process,

- Taking control,

- The hospital experience,

- Couples healing together and healing apart,

- The days and weeks afterward, and

- The months and years that follow.

ISBN

1878526291

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

GH 330 MIN 2012

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