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Obstetrics/Gynecology

  1. Benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
    • Reduces risk of:
    • - osteoporosis
    • - vasomotor instability
    • - endometrial cancer

    • Increases risk of:
    • - Cardiovascular events in women w/ history/risk of CVD
    • - DVT
  2. Bartholin's Cyst/Abscess =
    Oval shaped, mass on posterior labia majora

    If infected, it can be painful enough to prevent pt from sitting normally

  3. Bartholin's Cyst/Abscess treatment:
    Cyst = marsupialization

    Abscess = incision & placement of a Word catheter

  4. Define the types of abortions:
    - Threatened
    - Missed
    - Inevitable
    - Incomplete
    Threatened - 

    Missed - dead fetus/embryo without passage of tissue and with a closed cervix

    Inevitable - dilated cervix, no passage of tissue
Author
anders
ID
243331
Card Set
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Description
OB/Gyn
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