preconceptual
- adjective
- /ˌpriːkənˈsɛptʃuəl/
- Specialized
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preconceptual
- Specialist intervention is necessary to manage many of these higher-risk women in the preconceptual phase to ensure optimum health and safe medication management.
- preconceptual care
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Advising women on preconceptual care is an important part of the practice nurse's role.
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Effective contraception needs to be continued in the preconceptual period until alternative treatments are commenced.
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Achieving good control with asthma is an important element of preconceptual care.
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Certainly, specialist involvement is vital for preconceptual counseling, adequate information, advice, and support.
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Referral to a renal specialist is therefore essential in the preconceptual phase, and medication needs to be continued until the woman has been appropriately reviewed.
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The aim of preconceptual care is to enable women to make decisions to optimize their health, and consequently the health of their baby, when planning a pregnancy.
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Preconceptual care is also about managing long-term conditions specifically with pregnancy in mind to ensure the best possible outcome for maternal and child health.
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Consultations for women's health issues, sexual and reproductive health, and cervical screening, for example, naturally lend themselves to discussing preconceptual care.
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NICE recommends a preconceptual target HbA1c of 48 mmol/mol (6.5%) for women, if this can be achieved and maintained without complications of frequent hypoglycaemia.
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Advising women on preconceptual care is an important part of the practice nurse's role.
Synonyms
Not formed into a clear idea or plan
Not involving clear ideas or words that name things
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
preconceptual = conceptual (transparent) = pre + concept + ual
The meaning is directly derived from 'conceptual' with the standard prefix 'pre-' meaning 'before'.
Etymology
The word preconceptual breaks into pre- meaning 'before' and concept meaning 'idea'. So preconceptual describes something that exists or happens 'before' clear ideas form, like a child's early thinking.