Emergency Department Care of the Menopausal Female
 
Dr. Pam Dyne is a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at UCLA
David Geffen School of Medicine
 
Common things midlife women go to the ED for – irregular bleeding
and prolapse
Heart attacks present differently in women than in men.
How to work up abnormal vaginal bleeding – questions to ask.
Do ED docs know how to do a pelvic exam?
Indications for a pelvic exam and optimal positioning
Recurrent UTIs, and estrogen possibly 1st line rx so something
to keep in mind
Asymptomatic bacteruria - if doc says you have a UTI but
you have no UTI sx, question whether abx indicated, pending the urine culture
            - change in
cognition in elderly human – don’t just treat for a UTI?
Elder abuse – what is it – when to suspect it?
Cardiac symptoms in perimenopause
Heart attacks present differently in women than in men.
“Sometimes a doctor’s job is to tell you what it isn’t” – workups
that don’t show anything dangerous.
How to use a tennis ball to do myofascial release for muscle pain
The devastating effects of a hip fracture.
 
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