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Gender Minority Medicine , An Issue of Physician Assistant Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 9-3 - May 3, 2024
- Editor: Diane Bruessow
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 9 9 5 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 9 9 6 - 4
In this issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest editor Diane Bruessow of Yale School of Medicine brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Gender Minority Medicine.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest editor Diane Bruessow of Yale School of Medicine brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Gender Minority Medicine. Filling a knowledge gap in transgender health in primary care, this issue features articles by top experts that focus on up-to-date standards regarding clinical care, hormone therapy, inclusion, hormone therapy and surgery, and more.
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including interpreting gendered lab results; deferring puberty in transgender adolescents and associated clinical care; administrative considerations (or creating a welcoming environment) for transgender inclusion; navigating transgender health in the uniformed services; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on gender minority medicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- CME Accreditation Page
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Foreword
- Preface
- Navigating Gender Diversity with Insight and Inclusivity
- Key points
- Introduction
- History/background
- Demographics and the clinical encounter
- Concepts and terminology
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Selected Primary Care Topics in Transgender Medicine: Across the Lifespan
- Key points
- Introduction
- Cardiovascular health
- Detection and prevention of reproductive cancers
- Bone health
- Human immunodeficiency virus prevention
- Mental health
- Support across the lifespan
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Clinical Diagnostic Testing in Transgender Individuals: Interpreting Laboratory Reference Ranges
- Key points
- Background
- complete blood count
- Electrolytes, glucose, and calcium
- Renal function tests
- Liver enzymes
- Lipid panels
- Prostate-specific antigen
- High-sensitivity cardiac troponin
- Final recommendations
- Clinics care points
- Deferring Puberty in Transgender Adolescents and Associated Clinical Care
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pubertal suppression
- Discussion
- Controversies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Feminizing Hormone Therapy and Associated Clinical Care
- Key points
- Background
- Goals
- Research
- Indications
- Approach
- Therapeutic options
- Approach to the adolescent patient
- Approach to the older patient
- Controversies
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Masculinizing Hormone Therapy and Associated Clinical Care
- Key points
- Introduction
- Goals
- Research
- Evaluation
- Approach
- Adolescent considerations
- Approach to the older transmasculine adult patient
- Controversies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Exogenous Hormone Therapy and Hyperprolactinemia: Evaluation and Management of Hyperprolactinemia
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pathophysiology
- Etiology
- Clinical manifestations
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Transgender Reproductive and Sexual Health
- Key points
- Introduction
- Experiences with clinicians
- Human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted infections
- Fertility preservation
- Contraception
- Termination of pregnancy
- Pregnancy care
- Lactation
- Future trends
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Feminizing Surgeries and Associated Clinical Care
- Key points
- Introduction
- Presurgical considerations
- Facial surgeries
- Breast augmentation
- Orchiectomy
- Vaginoplasty
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Masculinizing Surgeries and Associated Clinical Care
- Key points
- Introduction
- Metoidioplasty
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Transgender-Inclusive Health Care Environment: Administrative Considerations
- Key points
- Background
- Patient safety and nondiscrimination
- Physical environment
- Transgender-inclusive institutional and provider designations
- Reducing other barriers at the system level
- Supporting transgender patient access to care
- Patient intake
- Supporting clinical staff
- Patient satisfaction
- Health outcomes
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Navigating Transgender Healthcare in the Uniformed Services
- Key points
- Introduction
- Background
- Policy review
- Service-specific policy
- Readiness considerations
- Approach to clinical services
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Appendix A. List of Abbreviations
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 9-3
- Published: May 3, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443129957
- eBook ISBN: 9780443129964
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Diane Bruessow
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Assistant Professor Adjunct, Department of Internal Medicine & PA Online Program, Yale School of Medicine