Overview of Gynaecological Emergencies

Ectopic Pregnancy Ectopic pregnancy may present with a wide clinical spectrum ranging from a total lack of symptoms and signs to a shocked and moribund condition resulting from major intra-peritoneal haemorrhage

INTRODUCTION Gynaecological disorders are a common cause of morbidity among women of reproductive age worldwide. In developing countries, gynaecological emergencies present enormous challenges given the weak health infrastructure in these settings. Whereas reports indicate that approximately 1.4 million gynaecological emergency visits to emergency department are recorded in the USA accounting f...

Gynaecological Emergencies in the Tropics: Recent Advances in Management

Radiological appearances of gynaecological emergencies

BACKGROUND The role of various gynaecological imaging modalities is vital in aiding clinicians to diagnose acute gynaecological disease, and can help to direct medical and surgical treatment where appropriate. It is important to interpret the imaging findings in the context of the clinical signs and patient's pregnancy status. METHODS Ultrasound and Doppler are readily available in the emerge...

Socio-demographic characteristics of patients admitted with gynaecological emergency conditions at the provincial general hospital, Kakamega, Kenya.

OBJECTIVE To determine the magnitude of gynaecological emergencies and the socio demographic characteristics of patients admitted at Provincial General Hospital Kakamega (PGHK). DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING Provincial General Hospital Kakamega, the referral hospital for Western Province, Kenya. SUBJECTS Four hundred patients admitted at the gynaecological wards duri...

Non-Invasive Tools for the Diagnosis of Potentially Life-Threatening Gynaecological Emergencies: A Systematic Review

OBJECTIVE To identify non-invasive tools for diagnosis of the major potentially life-threatening gynaecological emergencies (G-PLEs) reported in previous studies, and to assess their diagnostic accuracy. METHODS MEDLINE; EMBASE; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; The Cochrane Library) were searched to identify all eligible studies published in English or French between J...