Remove EMS Remove OB/GYN Remove Sepsis
article thumbnail

EM@3AM: Endometritis

EMDocs

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. The diagnosis is clinical, and close consultation with the patient’s OB/GYN may be helpful in determining disposition. She was discharged 3 days prior after a cesarean delivery to a single, full term, live born infant complicated by premature rupture of membranes.

OB/GYN 81
article thumbnail

Hysterectomy Complications

EMDocs

Author: Kristine Jeffers, MD ( EM Physician , San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium) // Reviewed by: Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Education Fellow, Washington University in St. This may also predispose a patient to sepsis, peritonitis, or bowel infarction, which need to be recognized quickly.

OB/GYN 86