OBGYN

A 30-year-old female presents to the ED with sudden onset right lower quadrant and flank pain. She has also had severe nausea and vomiting. Abdominal exam reveals significant right lower quadrant tenderness, and pelvic exam reveals tender right adnexa. What’s the next step in your evaluation and treatment?

This edition of EM Boards Survival Guide brings you OB/GYN.

Sepsis in pregnancy… Uh oh. How do you optimize your care of the pregnant patient with sepsis? What do you need to consider?

What are controversies in the ED evaluation and management of ectopic pregnancy? This EM Educator post asks key questions and provides resources in answering these controversies.

This week from EM in 5 Anna brings you evaluation and management of the 3rd trimester patient with vaginal bleeding.

This week’s EM Educator Series looks at postpartum complications. Dr. Koyfman provides key considerations and resources for clinicians and educators.

Endometritis seems like a straightforward diagnosis. However, what do you need to know in the ED, and what are the keys to management?

In the ED, we see patients with asymptomatic hypertension who are frequently discharged with primary care follow-up. This post opens a brief discussion and opportunity for learning about an instance where asymptomatic hypertension requires urgent action, hypertension in pregnancy.

Welcome to EM@3AM! This week’s post evaluates a case of a 31 y/o female who presents with severe, acute lower abdominal pain 6 hours after a D&C for an elective abortion. What do you need to know?

Nausea and vomiting is common in pregnancy, affecting close to 75% of patients. What about the patient with severe vomiting or weight loss? Could it be hyperemesis gravidarum?