SOGC Clinincal Practice Guidelines
No. 96, October 2000
The Reproductive Care of Women Living With Hepatitis C Infection
Principal Authors
Marc Boucher, MD, FRCSC, DABOG (MFM), Montreal QC
Andrée Gruslin, MD, RDMS, FRCSC, Ottawa ON
Working Group
Marc Boucher (Chair), MD, FRCSC, DABOG (MFM), Montreal QC*
Gilles Delage, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
Andrée Gruslin, MD, RDMS, FRCSC, Ottawa ON*
Tim McClemont, Executive Director, Hepatitis C Society of Canada,
Toronto ON
Deborah M Money, MD, FRCSC,Vancouver BC*
Marc Steben, MD, CCFP FCFPC, Montreal QC*
Bernard Willems, MD, (Hepatol), Montreal QC
Tom Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, Ottawa ON*
Lesley Zinman, patient representative, Iberville QC
Special Contributors
Lorna Grant, MD, FRCSC, Winnipeg MB
Lesley Smith, MD, MRCP(UK), FRCPC, Edmonton AB
Janet Smylie, MD, CCFP, Ottawa ON
Shimian Zou, MD, MPH, PhD, Ottawa ON
Medical Writers
Griffith Jones, MD, Ottawa ON
Liza Jones, MBBS, Ottawa ON
* Members of the Infectious Disease Committee of the SOGC
This document is sponsored by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
of Canada.
Funding for the development and distribution of these guidelines
was provided by the Hepatitis C Division, Health Canada.
These guidelines reflect emerging
clinical and scientific advances as of the date issued and are subject
to change.The information should not be construed as dictating an
exclusive course of treatment or procedure to be followed. Local
institutions can dictate amendments to these opinions.They should
be well documented if modified at the local level. None of the contents
may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of
SOGC.
Table of Contents
I ABSTRACT
II. INTRODUCTION
III. EPIDEMIOLOGY
IV. VIROLOGY, CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS,
COURSE OF DISEASE
V. ASSESSING A WOMAN'S RISK FOR HCV
VI. DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
VII. THERAPEUTICS
VIII. CARE OF PREGNANT WOMEN LIVING
WITH HCV
IX. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE, UNIVERSAL
PRECAUTIONS, AND INFECTION CONTROL
X. RECOMMENDATIONS
XI. FUTURE NEEDS IN CANADIAN
RESEARCH
XII. SUGGESTED FURTHER READINGS AND
OTHER RESOURCES
XIII. REFERENCES
XIV. ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
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