title: The clinical content of preconception care: women with chronic medical conditions.
abstract: This article reviews the medical conditions that are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes for women and their offspring. We also present the degree to which specific preconception interventions and treatments can impact the effects of the condition on birth outcomes. Because avoiding, delaying, or achieving optimal timing of a pregnancy is often an important component of the preconception care of women with medical conditions, contraceptive considerations particular to the medical conditions are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. amlang@emory.edu
authors.forename: Anne L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dunlop
authors.forename: Brian W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Jack
authors.forename: Joseph N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Bottalico
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Andra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Cynthia S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Shellhaas
authors.forename: Lynne Haygood-Kane
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Hallstrom
authors.forename: Benjamin D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: W Gregory
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Feero
authors.forename: M Kathryn
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Menard
authors.forename: Mona R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Prasad
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016742:Preconception Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care