Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Gynecologic Emergencies

This highly practical text on gynecologic emergencies includes sonographic findings and laparascopic investigations and management for point-of-care assessment. Gynecologists, emergency physicians, and other providers will find this an invaluable resource for information on what to do in a crisis.

List of Contributors 1 Gynecologic emergencies: An introductionDana N. Owens2 Ectopic pregnancy: Extrauterine pregnancy and pregnancy of unknown locationPeer Jansen and Ibrahim Alkatout3 Interstitial, cornual, and angular pregnancy Nupur Tamhane and Emad Mikhail4 Cervical ectopic pregnancy Bassam H Rimawi5 Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy Julio Ricardo Loret de Mola 6 Ovarian ectopic pregnancyWeiwei Feng and Wei Jiang7 Abdominal ectopic pregnancyWeiwei Feng and Wei Jiang8 Heterotopic ectopic pregnancies Aboubakr Elnashar9 Pelvic inflammatory disease: An underestimated serious health problemAtef Darwish10 Septic abortion Bassam H. Rimawi11 Toxic shock syndrome and other related severe infectionsBassam H. Rimawi12 Endometriosis Ceana Nezhat, Pavan Ananth, and Dahlia Admon13 Adnexal/ovarian torsionHajra Takala, Mona Omar, and Ayman Al-Hendy 14 Haemorrhagic and ruptured ovarian cyst and acute complications of uterine fibroids Youssef Youssef and Mostafa A Borahay15 Prediction and management of ovarian hyperstimulation syndromeMohamed A. Youssef, Abdel Maguid Ramzy, and Botros Rizk16 Miscarriage Erich T Wyckoff and Hadeer Usama Ebrahem Metwally17 Pediatric hematocolpos Omar M Abuzeid and Mostafa I. Abuzeid18 Vulvar and vaginal trauma and Bartholin gland disordersMalak El Sabeh and Mostafa A. Borahay Index

Botros Rizk, MD, MA, FRCOG, FRCS, HCLD, FACOG, FACS Medical Director, Elite IVF, Houston, Texas; President of the Middle East Fertility Society; formerly Professor and Head, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama; Adjunct Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cairo University, Kasr Al-Aini Hospital, Cairo, Egypt Mostafa A. Borahay, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland Abdel Maguid Ramzy, MBBCh, MSc, MD Professor, formerly Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cairo University; Co-Founder, Senior Consultant, and former Director of Kasr Al-Aini Assisted Conception IVF Unit, Cairo University, Egypt