Gynecology Flashcards
Depo-provera SE
Bleeding x3 months
Contraindications to OCPs (estrogen)
DVT, lactation, >35yo and smoke, severe nausea with OCP
OCP benefits/risks
- Decrease ovarian and endometrial cancer, PID, endometriosis, benign breast disease, ectopic pregnancy risk.
- Risk in CIN, HTN, DVT
Tubal ligation benefits/risks
- Decreased risk of ovarian cancer
* Risk of regret if young <25 (40%), not married, within a year of delivery, partner conflict
Copper IUD contraindication
Wilson disease
IUD benefits
Decreased risk of endometrial cancer; decreased rate of repeat adolescent pregnancy and repeat abortion
Contraindication to birth control patch
Less effective if >198 pounds
Birth control patch
Releases ethinyl estradiol and norelgestromin
Pregnant woman with fever, bleeding, dilated cervix
Septic abortion
Threatened abortion
Bleeding and closed cervix
Missed abortion
Retained dead fetus/blighted ovum
Treatment of septic abortion
Uterine evacuation, board spectrum abx
Workup of recurrent pregnancy loss (>2 consecutive or >3 spontaneous before 20 weeks)
Antiphospholipid antibodies (and anti-cardiolipin, beta-2 glycoprotein, PTT, russell vipor venom time)
Preterm birth history treatment
17-hydroxyprogesterone
Treatment of antiphospholipid syndrome
Aspirin and heparin
Surgical abortions
1) Manual vacuum aspiration < 8 weeks
2) D&C < 16 weeks
3) D&E > 16 weeks (max 24 weeks unless not viable d/t malformation)
Most common cause of vaginitis
BV d/t non-hydrogen peroxide-producing lactobacilli, allowing anaerobic proliferation.
Treatment of BV
Metronidazole 500 BID x 7 days, or vaginal Metronidazole 0.75% gel QHS for five days.
Diagnosis of BV
Modified Amsel criteria requires 3/4:
1) Thin, gray, homogenous DC
2) Whiff test (amine on KOH)
3) Clue cells
4) Basic pH > 4.5
Lichen sclerosis early skin changes
Polygonal ivory papules involving the vulva and perianal areas, waxy sheen on the labia minora and clitoris, hypopigmentation. No vaginal involvement.
Lichen sclerosis advanced skin changes
Fissures and erosions due to a chronic itch-scratch-itch cycle, mucosal edema and surface vascular changes. Scarring with loss of normal architecture (introital stenosis, and resorption of the clitoris (phimosis) and labia minora)
Treatment of lichen sclerosis
High-potency topical steroids
Lichen sclerosis risks
SCC (<5% within field)
Trichomoniasis
T. vaginalis: Diffuse, malodorous, frothy yellow-green DC, vulvar irritation, cervix petechiae
*Dx on microscopy
Trichomoniasis treatment
Metronidazole 2 gm PO x1, or 500mg BID x7 days
*Treat partner
Vulvovaginal candidiasis
Pruritis, vulvovaginal soreness/burning, +/- DC
Treatment of candidiasis
Topical azoles
Lichen planus
Derm disorder: hair-bearing skin, nails, mucosa, vulva; inflammatory eruptions with remissions/flares
*Vulva: burning, itching, bleeding, pain, adhesions; Lacy, reticulated pattern of labia and perineum +/- scarring and erosions
Vulvar vestibulitis
Severe pain limited to vulvar vestibule