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Chapter 2 - Acute Gynaecological Emergencies

from Section 1 - Basic Sciences in Gynaecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2021

By
Helder Ferreira  and
Rafael Bras
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona-Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona-Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

Acute gynaecological emergencies are conditions of the female reproductive system that threaten the woman’s life, her sexual function or her fertility. Common gynaecological emergencies present as acute abdomen, abnormal vaginal bleeding, or a combination of both.

The main gynaecological emergencies could be divided into early pregnancy problems, gynaecologic causes of severe pelvic pain (acute pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic endometriosis, torsion and rupture of an ovarian neoplasm, torsion or degeneration of a uterine leiomyoma, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome), severe vaginal bleeding, vulvar abscesses, toxic shock syndrome and sexual violence.

Keywords

gynaecological emergenciespelvic inflammatory diseaseectopicovarian torsionmiscarriagetoxic shock syndromeovarian hyperstimulationpelvic pain
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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Gynaecology
 , pp. 6 - 14
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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