Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Gynecologic Emergencies

Botros Rizk, MD, MA, FRCOG, FRCS, HCLD, FACOG, FACSMedical Director, Elite IVF, Houston, Texas; President of the Middle East Fertility Society; formerly Professor and Head, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama; Adjunct Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cairo University, Kasr Al-Aini Hospital, Cairo, EgyptMostafa A. Borahay, MD, PhDAssociate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MarylandAbdel Maguid Ramzy, MBBCh, MSc, MDProfessor, formerly Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cairo University; Co-Founder, Senior Consultant, and former Director of Kasr Al-Aini Assisted Conception IVF Unit, Cairo University, Egypt

• List of Contributors. 1.Gynecologic emergencies: An introduction. 2.Ectopic pregnancy: Extrauterine pregnancy and pregnancy of unknown location. 3.Interstitial, cornual, and angular pregnancy. 4.Cervical ectopic pregnancy. 5.Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy. 6.Ovarian ectopic pregnancy. 7.Abdominal ectopic pregnancy. 8.Heterotopic ectopic pregnancies. 9.Pelvic inflammatory disease: An underestimated serious health problem. 10.Septic abortion. 11.Toxic shock syndrome and other related severe infections. 12.Endometriosis. 13.Adnexal/ovarian torsion. 14.Haemorrhagic and ruptured ovarian cyst and acute complications of uterine fibroids. 15.Prediction and management of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. 16.Miscarriage. 17.Pediatric hematocolpos. 18.Vulvar and vaginal trauma and Bartholin gland disorders. Index.

This is a practical field guide for primary care providers or emergency medicine clinicians, particularly in the establishment of a prudent and circumspect differential, allowing for an efficient diagnostic process, and suggesting initial steps to stabilize or treat the patient.- Doody's Review