Emergency Gynecologic Considerations in the Older Woman.

Autor: Cimino-Fiallos N; Emergency Department, Meritus Health, US Acute Care Solutions, 11116 Medical Campus Drive, Hagerstown, MD, USA., Dyne PL; Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, 14445 Olive View Drive, Sylmar, CA 91342, USA. Electronic address: pdyne@dhs.lacounty.gov.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Emergency medicine clinics of North America [Emerg Med Clin North Am] 2023 May; Vol. 41 (2), pp. 395-404.
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2023.01.004
Abstrakt: As women mature through menopause, they will experience normal physiologic changes that can contribute to emergency complaints specific to this patient population. Reviewing the expected physiologic changes of menopause and correlating these normal processes to the development of specific pathologic conditions offers a framework for emergency physicians and practitioners to use when evaluating older women for breast, genitourinary, and gynecologic symptoms.
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Databáze: MEDLINE