Learning Agenda

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is the menstrual cycle?

Cover common menstrual disorders in women
How to take a menstrual history
is menorrhagia?
Epidemiology
Causes / Risk factors
Symptoms (evaluate significance of presence/absence of pain)
Investigations / Diagnosis
i. Primary setting vs Hospital
ii. Tests to detect cause of menorrhagia
iii. Tests to determine the severity of menorrhagia
Management (conservative, medical, surgical)
i. Include treatment of anaemia
ii. Look at side effects and precautions surrounding hormonal
treatments
systemic disorders may present with menorrhagia?
are uterine fibroids?
Epidemiology
Causes / Risk factors
Symptoms
Investigations / Diagnosis
Management (conservative, medical, surgical)
are the red flags when evaluating vaginal bleeding?