Obstetrics and gynaecology

Abstract

This chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Emergency Medicine investigates obstetrics and gynaecology in the emergency department (ED). It reviews gynaecological problems, vaginal discharge, contraceptive problems, genital injury, assault and female genital mutilation, gynaecological pain, and vaginal bleeding. It discusses the pregnant patient and explores prescribing, hyperemesis gravidarum, vaginal bleeding, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, vaginal bleeding in later pregnancy, abdominal pain, and medical complications of pregnancy. It also reviews emergency normal delivery, obstetric emergencies, trauma and cardiac arrest in pregnancy, and post-partum problems.