EMplify – September 2021
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Authors:
Tazeen Abbas, MD
Abbas Husain, MD, FACEP
- Physiology review
- Terminology
- Differentiating Causes: PALM-COEIN
- Structural: Polyp, Adenomyosis, Leiomyoma, Malignancy/Hyperplasia
- Non-structural: Coagulopathy, Ovulatory dysfunction, Endometrial, Iatrogenic, Not otherwise specified
- Other causes: thyroid disease, hyperprolactinemia, stress, weight loss and anorexia, heavy exercise
- Age Based Differential
- 12-18
- Immaturity of the hypothalamic-pituitary- ovarian axis
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Coagulopathies, and bleeding disorders (von Willibrand disease)
- 19-39
- polyps
- fibroids
- malignancy
- PCOS
- Age 40 and older
- endometrial atrophy
- malignancy
- 12-18
- History
- Physical Exam
- Diagnostic Studies
- Treatment
- Unstable
- Stable
- Special Cases
- DOACs
- Prepubescent girls
- genital injuries
Last Updated on January 25, 2023
Sam Ashoo, MD, FACEP, is board certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics. He serves as EB Medicine’s editor-in-chief of interactive clinical pathways and FOAMEd blog, and host of EB Medicine’s EMplify podcast. Follow him below for more…
