GYN Chapter 26: AUB Flashcards
Mean amount of menstrual blood loss in one cycle
35mL
Average iron lost in once cycle
13mg
What treatment is preferred in women with inherited bleeding disorders?
LNG-IUS
Define oligomenorrhea
Intervals vary between 35days to 6mos
Define amenorrhea
No menses for at least 6mos
What is normal menstrual flow in terms of (mean):
Duration
Interval
Mean duration: 4days
Mean interval 28+/-7days
(>21 and <35)
Pictorial bleeding assessment is a subjective method in peedicting blood loss. What is a more accurate method?
Alkaline hematic method - measures hematin
Heavy menstrual bleeding is defined as (in mL)
80mL
In the absence of disease MBL increases with age. True or false.
False. It increases with parity but NOT AGE.
AUB-P:
Symptomatic and postmenopausal status are associated with increased risk of malignancy.
Enumerate percent risk of malignancy.
4.5% among symptomatic postmenopausal
1.5% in adymptomatic postmenopausal
Most significant factor for developing adenomyosis
Multiparity