Oct 10, 2019
Contributor: Chris Holmes, MD
Educational Pearls:
- In ancient Egypt, pregnant women would urinate over barley and wheat seeds to help determine the sex of thier fetus, as well as if they were pregnant. Amazingly, this has 70% accuracy (!!) for determining pregnancy (not sex).
- Piss Prophets in the middle ages would...
Jun 17, 2019
Author: Nick Hatch, MD
Educational Pearls:
- Pregnancy is a hypercoagulable state, which predisposes women to venous thromboembolism, but also elevates levels of circulating d-dimer
- A recent study evaluated the YEARS protocol in combination of adjusted d-dimer cutoffs in pregnant women to evaluate for DVT and PE
Jul 18, 2018
Author: Sam Killian, MD
Educational Pearls:
- Hematometra: uterus filled with blood due to obstruction of outflow tract.
- Most commonly a result congenital abnormalities (imperforate hymen, transverse vaginal septum, etc.) but can be acquired due to cervical stenosis, intrauterine adhesions, neoplasms, and post-surgical...
Jul 16, 2017
Author: Dylan Luyten, M.D.
Educational Pearls
- Rhogam is commonly used when an Rh negative woman has an Rh positive fetus. It is commonly used in the ER in the setting of a miscarriage.
- Rh(+) fetal blood can enter the Rh(-) maternal circulation, sensitizing the woman to the Rh antigen. During a subsequent pregnancy, if...