Transfusion in Profuse Menorrhagia

Case of Myxomatous Degeneration of the Chorion; Profuse Hæmorrhage; Transfusion; Recovery

Menorrhagia management options.

A prospective study of the management of menorrhagia in new patients presenting to gynaecological outpatients was undertaken at four centres in Northern Ireland and two in Great Britain. 325 patients were enrolled, the majority of whom (87%) had severe menorrhagia. Patients in all six centres were similar in relation to age, marital status, parity, use of contraception and severity of symptoms....

Systemic causes of menorrhagia

Correspondence : Dr. Jayita Chakrabarti Flat No.-3R-2/10 25C Radhamadhav Dutta Garden Lane Kolkata 700 010. Tel. 033-23506964 Mobile 098300-45341 Email : [email protected] OBJECTIVE(S) : To find the incidence of different nonpelvic causes of menorrhagia with special emphasis on careful history taking, clinical examination and inclusion of simple blood tests to diagnose hemostatic...

Treatment of menorrhagia.

Menorrhagia is defined as excessive uterine bleeding occurring at regular intervals or prolonged uterine bleeding lasting more than seven days. The classic definition of menorrhagia (i.e., greater than 80 mL of blood loss per cycle) is rarely used clinically. Women describe the loss or reduction of daily activities as more important than the actual volume of bleeding. Routine testing of all wom...

Antiperistaltic segment for profuse ileostomy diarrhoea.

Considerable interest has recently been shown in the use of a reversed segment of intestine to interrupt the normal sweep of peristalsis along the gut and thus to delay the bowel transit and emptying times. Technically the operation comprises division of a short segment of intestine, its rotation on its vascular pedicle through 180 degrees, and then its re-anastomosis either at the same place o...