TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Vaginal Bleeding A1 - Bowman, Steven H. A2 - Sherman, Scott C. A2 - Weber, Joseph M. A2 - Schindlbeck, Michael A. A2 - Rahul G., Patwari Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Clinical Emergency Medicine AB - Obtain a pregnancy test in any woman of childbearing age who presents with vaginal bleeding or abdominal pain.Risk factors are absent in more than 40% of women who have an ectopic pregnancy.Ruptured ectopic pregnancy is a surgical emergency requiring prompt intervention and gynecologic consultation.Patients with postmenopausal bleeding should be referred to a gynecologist for endometrial biopsy to exclude malignancy. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101225334 ER -