Women presenting to an emergency facility with abnormal uterine bleeding: patient characteristics and prevalence of anemia.

Objective: To describe the population of women seeking urgent medical attention for abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), in terms of symptoms, medical history and clinical examination findings, and to determine characteristics associated with anemia in this population.

Study Design: We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients seen in the Women and Infants Hospital Emergency Room for AUB from August 2005 to February 2006 (n = 378). Data collected included demographic factors, clinical history, physical examination findings, and laboratory and radiologic findings.

Practice patterns and attitudes about treating abnormal uterine bleeding: a national survey of obstetricians and gynecologists.

Objective: We sought to examine the practice patterns and attitudes of obstetricians and gynecologists surrounding treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB).

Study Design: We conducted a cross-sectional study of members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Surveys, which were distributed using a sequential mixed method (both web- and mail-based) approach, included questions about practice characteristics, practice patterns, and knowledge about treatment options for AUB.

Surveying ourselves: examining the use of a web-based approach for a physician survey.

A survey was distributed, using a sequential mixed-mode approach, to a national sample of obstetrician-gynecologists. Differences between responses to the web-based mode and the on-paper mode were compared to determine if there were systematic differences between respondents. Only two differences in respondents between the two modes were identified.