Emergency Medicine

376 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies GYNAECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT General principles 1 All gynaecological em ...

GYNAECOLOGICAL CAUSES OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 377 Ruptured ectopic pregnancy DIAGNOSIS ...

GYNAECOLOGICAL CAUSES OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN 378 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 9 Request an ultrasound scan: (i) Tra ...

GYNAECOLOGICAL CAUSES OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 379 (b) follow patients with a positive p ...

GYNAECOLOGICAL CAUSES OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN 380 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies MANAGEMENT 1 Remove an IUCD if insert ...

Bleeding in Early Pregnancy Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 381 Endometriosis DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT 1 There is a pre ...

BLEEDING IN EARLY PREGNANCY 382 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 2 Inevitable miscarriage (i) This represents a spontane ...

Conditions in Late Pregnancy Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 383 3 Give rhesus-negative mothers anti-D immunoglobulin 2 ...

CONDITIONS IN L ATE PREGNANC Y 384 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies Terminology Two terms are easy to confuse in obstetr ...

CONDITIONS IN L ATE PREGNANC Y Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 385 Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT ...

CONDITIONS IN L ATE PREGNANC Y 386 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies (i) Aim for a diastolic blood pressure of 90–100 mmH ...

CONDITIONS IN L ATE PREGNANC Y Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 387 Trauma in late pregnancy Treatment priorities for tr ...

CONDITIONS IN L ATE PREGNANC Y 388 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies (b) loss of fetal heart acceleration to fetal moveme ...

Women’s Medicine Crises Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 389 (ii) Place hands higher on the chest wall, slightly above t ...

WOMEN’S MEDICINE CRISES 390 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 2 Post-coital ‘morning after’ pill This may be used up to 7 ...

WOMEN’S MEDICINE CRISES Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 391 (d) emergency contraception is recommended if more than two ...

WOMEN’S MEDICINE CRISES 392 Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies MANAGEMENT 1 Be accompanied by a senior female nurse escort ...

Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergencies 393 Further Reading American Heart Association (2010) Part 12: Cardiac arrest in specia ...

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ENT EMERGENCIES Section XIII ...