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RELATION BETWEEN MEASURED MENSTRUAL BLOOD LOSS AND PATIENT'S SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF LOSS, DURATION OF BLEEDING, NUMBER OF SANITARY TOWELS USED, UTERINE WEIGHT AND ENDOMETRIAL SURFACE AREA
Author(s) -
Chimbira T. H.,
Anderson Anne B. M.,
Turnbull A. C.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1980.tb05013.x
Subject(s) - blood loss , medicine , hysterectomy , menstruation , weight loss , uterus , menstrual bleeding , gynecology , obstetrics , endometrium , surgery , obesity
Summary In 92 women complaining of heavy but regular periods for which no cause was found, the relation was studied between measured menstrual blood loss during two consecutive periods and the patient's subjective assessment of blood loss, the number of days of bleeding, and the number of sanitary pads and tampons used. There was no correlation between menstrual blood loss and these parameters. In many women these parameters are not a reliable indicator of the volume of menstrual blood loss. In 40 of the 92 women, who subsequently had a hysterectomy because of their complaint of menorrhagia, the uterus was weighed and the endometrial surface area measured. The view that menorrhagia is associated with a large uterus or a large endometrial surface area could not be confirmed.