Showing posts with label OB/Gyn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OB/Gyn. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Subchorionic Hematoma: incidental finding or early risk?

Clinical Scenario:

A 20 yo G1P0 at 6wk1day by LMP presented with vaginal bleeding.  She had onset of bleeding 1 hour prior to arrival, soaked through 1 pad.  She was seen at her OB earlier that day (prior to onset of bleeding) and had an US which showed +FHR.  Transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound showed an IUP with +FHR of 120 BPM (image below).  Her beta hCG was 72,813 and she was Rh+.  Hypoechoic material was seen surrounding the gestational sac, consistent with subchorionic bleeding.  The patient was given return precautions and instructed to follow-up with her OB in 48 hours.  You wonder if should have given any specific precautions regarding subchorionic hematoma?

Friday, October 10, 2014

FOAMed Digest #6 Update: The Paper Trail

Today, we'd like to introduce a new section to the Everyday EBM FOAMed Digest, which will be published as a standalone post. It may seem a bit counterintuitive, but each week we're going to draw your attention to some of the latest-and-greatest papers from the primary EM literature. Most of these will not be open-access, but we hope you can still access them via the medical library at your institution. A lot of the discussion in the FOAMed world centers around recently-published papers from EM journals. The EM trainee should view FOAMed as a tool to assist with understanding and analysis of this literature, as a forum for discussion and further discovery -- not as a replacement for reading the papers for his/her self. We'll provide you a very short summary here and link you to relevant FOAMed resources if applicable.