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Pre-conception - advice and management - Management
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- Scenario: Advice for all women: covers general advice on pre-conception care that is applicable to all women who are planning a pregnancy.
- Scenario: Mental health issues: covers specific issues to be considered in a woman with depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia who is planning a pregnancy.
- Scenario: Metabolic disorders: covers specific issues to be considered in a woman with thyroid disease or diabetes who is planning a pregnancy.
- Scenario: Chronic medical conditions: covers specific issues to be considered in a woman with epilepsy, chronic cardiac disease, chronic hypertension, renal disease, venous thromboembolism, asthma, or rheumatoid arthritis who is planning a pregnancy.
- Scenario: Genetic haemoglobinopathies: covers specific issues to be considered in a woman with sickle-cell disease or thalassemia who is planning a pregnancy.
- Scenario: Advice for older women: covers the provision of information about the risks of Down's syndrome with increasing maternal age, as well as advice about antenatal screening and diagnostic tests for Down's syndrome.
- Scenario: Advice about genetic screening: covers the provision of advice about screening for haemoglobinopathies in general practice, and information regarding who should be referred for genetic screening.
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