Women presenting to an emergency facility with abnormal uterine bleeding: Patient characteristics and prevalence of anemia

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Matteson, Kristen A ^a   Raker, Christina A ^a   Pinto, Stephanie B ^a   Scott, Dana Marie ^a   Frishman, Gary N ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Acute uterine bleeding; Anemia; Emergency facility

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MISOPROSTOL;

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METRORRHAGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84856060963     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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