USMLE Step 2 CK Lecture Notes 2019: Obstetrics/Gynecology (Kaplan Test Prep)

Non-linear model acknowledges how emotional intimacy, sexual stimuli, and relationship satisfaction affect fem ...

SEXUAL HISTORY-TAKING The following questions should be asked of all new patients in developing a medical datab ...

SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION Each phase of the sexual response cycle can be dysfunctional. Desire disorders. Decreased ...

SEXUAL ASSAULT A 21-year-old university student presents to the emergency department stating she was walking home ...

Prophylaxis. Antibiotic therapy should be administered prophylactically for gonorrhea (ceftriaxone 125 mg IM ...

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MENSTRUAL ABNORMALITIES ...

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Describe the menstrual cycle Give a differential diagnosis and management of disorders ...

MENSTRUAL PHYSIOLOGY The menstrual cycle is the cyclic pattern of activity of hypothalamus, pituitary, ovary, and ...

LAYERS OF THE ENDOMETRIUM Functionalis zone is the superficial layer that undergoes cyclic changes during the m ...

PHASES OF THE ENDOMETRIUM Menstrual phase is defined as the first four days of the menstrual cycle, with the ...

day 22–23 of the cycle. The β-hCG becomes positive when the zygote implants into the endometrium, usually 7–8 ...

MENSTRUAL CYCLE HORMONES FSH stimulates the growth of granulosa cells and induces the aromatase enzyme that conve ...

stimulate aromatase enzyme activity, whereas at high levels they inhibit it. Androgens inhibit FSH induction ...

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Figure II-11-1. Menstrual Cycle: Pituitary, Ovarian, and Endometrial Correlations ...

PREMENARCHAL VAGINAL BLEEDING An 8-year-old girl is brought by her mother to the gynecologist’s office because of va ...

should be done. The scans are looking for evidence of a pituitary, ovarian, or adrenal tumor, which may cause ...

ABNORMAL VAGINAL BLEEDING A 31-year-old woman complains of six months of menometrorrhagia. The patient states that ...

GYN TRIAD Endometrial Polyp or Submucosal Leiomyoma Various lower and upper reproductive tract factors can cause ...