Emergency & Acute Care Medicine

Gynaecological Emergencies

Gynecological disorders are a common cause of morbidity among women of reproductive age worldwide. In developing countries, gynecological emergencies present enormous challenges, given the poor health infrastructure in these locations.The most common gynecological emergencies are ectopic pregnancy, acute pelvic inflammatory disease, spontaneous abortions and complicated ovarian cysts. Other gynecological conditions that can present themselves as emergencies are menstrual disorders, gynecological malignancies with bleeding, laceration in intercourse and sexual violence. In the tropics, ectopic pregnancy and complications from unsafe abortion are the most common life-threatening gynecological emergencies.