Vaginal bleeding is considered excessive when a woman saturates more than ____ pads or _______ tampons per day.
What labs can the nurse expect to draw from a patient who came to the ER for abnormal vagninal bleeding? (name 2)
What is typically required to be done in order to get a definitive diagnosis of endometriosis?
The abnormal location of endometrial tissue prevents it from sloughing and bleeding like normal uterine tissue does.
Corpus luteal ovarian cysts are blood-filled, so rupture can lead to what life-threatening complication if it is not self-limiting?
Bacterial vaginosis presents with thin, white to gray malodorous discharge that produces what type of odor when potassium hydroxide is added?
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection of the upper reproductive tract that can originate from an STI of the lower reproductive tract. In a patient with a lower tract STI, which intervention would increase the risk of it ascending upwards and causing PID?
A Bartholin gland cyst only develops from an infection and is seen as very high-risk, thus requiring aggressive IV antibiotic treatment.
All phases of syphilis (primary, secondary, and tertiary/latent) are effectively managed for most patients with what medication?
In ovarian torsion, the patient experiences severe unilateral pain caused by what?
A 23-year-old women comes in the ED with complaints of “vaginal itching, burning with urination and foul-smelling vaginal discharge”. During a physical exam the nurse sees a greenish discharge and a bright red (strawberry) cervix. What is the suspected problem?
A follicular ovarian cyst will typically develop during the later half of the menstruation cycle.
Patients with which of the following 2 diagnoses will experience somatic pain?
Untreated STIs, such as gonorrhea and chlamydia, can lead to what life-threatening disorder that develops when bacteria invade an ovarian capsule?
Salpingitis is inflammation of the fallopian tubes that is caused by a bacterial infection. What 2 things can result from salpingitis if it is not properly treated?
A patient presents with “smelly” vaginal discharge and lower abdominal pain that worsens with movement. What is the likely cause of her current symptoms?
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Which of the following STIs are typically asymptomatic in women?
What is a reason that you would admit a patient with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)?
Endometriosis is easily diagnosed in the ED.
What term describes excessive uterine bleeding occurring at too frequent of intervals?