Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding

Question 1

What is the absence of menses >6 months?

Answer 1

Amenorrhea

Question 2

What is bleeding at an interval >35 days?

Answer 2

Oligomenorrhea

Question 3

What is excessive/heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding occurring at regular intervals. Technically, blood loss >80 cc or > 7 days?

Answer 3

Menorrhagia

Question 4

What is bleeding at intervals <21 days, within a 6 month period?

Answer 4

Polymenorrhea

Question 5

What is unusually light menstrual flow that occasionally presents as spotting?

Answer 5

Hypomenorrhea

Question 6

What is bleeding that occurs at any time between the menstrual periods?

Answer 6

Metrorrhagia

Question 7

What is bleeding that occurs at irregular intervals with varying amounts and duration of bleeding?

Answer 7

Menometorrhagia

Question 8

What percentage of dysfunctional uterine bleeding occur with adolescents? adults over 40?

Answer 8

adolescents: 20%
adults: 40%

Question 9

How much percent of pregnancies will be complicated by trauma?

Answer 9

7%

Question 10

What week range does premature labor occur in?

Answer 10

20-36 weeks

Question 11

What is a palpatory mass during the menstrual years reveal an ovary with a mass estimated to exceed 5.0 cm in diameter?

Answer 11

ovarian cyst

Question 12

When do Follicle cysts usually subside?

Answer 12

1-3 months

Question 13

At what age should you do an endometrial biopsy if you suspect abnormal uterine bleeding?

Answer 13

> 35 years old