Gynae History Taking - Max Brinsmead MB BS PhD
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Transcript Gynae History Taking - Max Brinsmead MB BS PhD
Max Brinsmead MB BS PhD
May 2015
Listening to the patient tell her story
Generating a hypothesis
Testing the hypothesis
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By interrogation
50 %
By examination
10%
By selective testing
40%
If at first you don’t succeed...
Go back and listen to the patient
Reproductive tract dysfunction
Dysmenorrhoea
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Functional ovarian cysts
Endometriosis
Pregnancy
Miscarriage
Ectopic
Pregnancy-related disease
Reproductive Tract Infections
Vaginitis
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Reproductive Tract Cancer
Cervix
Uterus - endometrium
Ovaries
Benign tumours
Fibroids
Polyps of cervix and endometrium
Ovarian
Uterovaginal Prolapse
Urinary dysfunction
Anorectal dysfunction
Psychosexual
Pelvic Pain
Dyspareunia/ Vaginismus
Sexual Assault
Libido
Homosexuality (not usually a problem for the gynaecologist)
Iatrogenic
Arising from contraception/HRT
Arising from other drugs
Other Diseases
With pelvic manifestations
Infertility
Male
Menstrual history
Contraceptive history
Sexual history
Past gynaecological and other medical history
Drug history
Bladder and Bowel function
Menarche
Cycle
Usually expressed as days bleeding/cycle length
Last menstrual period (LMP)
Intermenstrual bleeding (IMB)
Postcoital bleeding (PCB)
Postmenopausal bleeding (PMB)
Menstrual pain
How often do your periods come
From the beginning of one period to the beginning of the next
What do you mean by regular
Do they “come early” or do they “come late”
How much early, how late
Do you get any bleeding between your periods
When does it occur in the cycle
Do you know of anything that brings this on
Does your period start as a full flow
How many days of “mucking about”
When was your last normal period
First day of the last period
Not the date of the missed period
For how long do you have a period
How many heavy days
How many light days
What do you call heavy
How many pads or tampons
How often do you change
Do you change at night
How often
How many nights
Do you pass clots
How big
How often
Do your periods interfere with your life
Have you had any “accidents”
Used loosely means excessive menstrual loss...
Escapes from normal menstrual protection
Large clots – frequently
Changing at night more than once
Lasts longer than 7 days “full flow”
Interferes with normal life or duties
Causes iron deficiency (anaemia)
Other causes excluded
Menorrhagia
Excessive menstrual loss at regular intervals
Metrorrhagia
Frequent and irregular menstrual loss
Polymenorrhoea
Regular cycles at <21 days
Oligomenorrhoea
Infrequent menstruation (>35 days)
Intermenstrual Bleeding
Bleeding between menstrual periods
Requires careful questioning
Do you get pain with your periods
Is this the same as its always been
If changing with time how and when
Which is the worse day for pain
What do you do for the pain
Analgesia used. How many tablets Does it help
Does the pain interfere with your life. Your sleep
Describe the pain
Nature and location. Aggravating factors
Pain with intercourse
Frequency
Nature and location
Choose your words carefully, sometimes with preamble
How long have you been in your current relationship
Is sexual intercourse occurring
Have you ever been in a relationship
When was the last relationship
How many partners have you had in (period of time)
or before your current relationship
What does you or your partner do to avoid pregnancy
Does your partner travel
or spend nights away from home
or have other sexual partners
Any other serious illnesses. Any operations
Any gynaecological operations
on your tubes, ovaries or uterus
Any vaginal surgery
Any curettes or keyhole surgery
Any treatment to the cervix for pre cancer changes
What was done in those operations
What were you told after
Do you have regular Pap tests
When was the last or where was it done
What was the result
Has there ever been any abnormality
How many have you had in (period of time)
Have you ever been treated for inflammation of the pelvis,
tubes or for a sexually transmitted disease?
Did you have any trouble getting pregnant?
Any infertility treatment(s)
Number of pregnancies (G) and births (P)
Gravida = number of pregnancies
Para = births after 20w (and twins =1)
T= termination of pregnancy
A= miscarriage
E=ectopic
Birthweights and mode of delivery
Spontaneous or assisted vaginal birth
Birth trauma
Pregnancy complications
Are you on any drugs or medications
Any hormones
The pill, injections or implants
Patches or hormone creams
Vaginal pessaries or creams
Details of the drug, dose and dates can be very important
Any vitamins, minerals , supplements or
herbal remedies?
Do you smoke?
Do you get up at night to pass urine
Do you have to get there in a hurry
Ever wet before you get there
How long can you hold on during the day
Do you ever wet
If you cough or sneeze
A little or a lot
Do you have any difficulty emptying your bladder
or getting started
Do you have good stream
Any bladder infections
Any difficulty getting your bowels emptied
What happens when you strain
Can you control your wind
How about a loose bowel motion?
The most important calculation is the number of
months that the woman has been exposed to the
possibility of pregnancy but has not conceived
This may not be the same as the couple’s view of how long they
have been “trying”
Take a careful “contraceptive history”
Other useful questions
Have you ever been pregnant
Have you ever fathered a pregnancy (in any other relationship
or tried)
How often is intercourse occurring
Any (intercourse) problems?
Read the companion text to this Powerpoint :
www.brinsmead.net.au/mdoc/MenstrualHistory.pdf