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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Pediatric Genitourinary Bleeding

ALiEM

A 4-year-old female with no significant past medical history is brought to the Emergency Department by her grandmother for concern for two days of progressive vaginal bleeding. It often presents to the emergency department with complaints of vaginal bleeding, difficulty urinating, or dysuria.

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Emergencies of the Third Trimester

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Usually, in the ED, the simple and great goal is to get the parturient upstairs to OB-GYN, if you have one, as soon as possible. Preeclampsia/ Eclampsia - Emergency Department Resources. {3 abstracts} Luckett-Gatopoulos, S. Postpartum Emergencies. All went well. Not in the textbook, but it worked. Boringem.org.

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Molar Pregnancy

Northwestern EM Blog

Morton and Grace for this excellent infographic highlighting molar pregnancy and its relevance to Emergency Medicine providers. While rarer than other pregnancy issues seen in the Emergency Department, molar pregnancy is an important diagnosis for Emergency Medicine providers to be able to recognize, understand, and treat.

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Case Report: Acute Urinary Retention in a Pregnant Woman

ACEP Now

Case A 40-year-old female at 11 weeks, five days gestation presented to the emergency department (ED) with concern for lower abdominal pressure and inability to fully empty her bladder. Dr. Wilson is an emergency medicine attending physician and director of Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship at Maine Medical Center.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: One Month of Vaginal Bleeding

ALiEM

A 28-year-old female G3P2002 presented to the emergency department for one month of vaginal bleeding. The patient was seen in the emergency department one month earlier for vaginal bleeding in the first trimester of pregnancy. Her estimated gestational age was six weeks by last menstrual period.