Climacteric
Activity
Tutorial
Tutorial
Hormone therapy remains an effective therapy for treating women with vasomotor symptoms and vaginal atrophy as well as prevention of bone loss in selected patients. Risks of HT exceed the benefits for the prevention of chronic disease. Individualized benefits and risks should be discussed before initiation of HT and reassessed periodically.
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Obstetrics and Gynecology Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Framework Objectives
- Describe the physiological changes in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis during climacteric.
- Describe the symptoms and physical findings associated with hypoestrogenism
- Long-term changes associated with hypoestrogenism
Tags
Cohort Year
2010
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Obstetrics and Gynecology Rotation
Discipline
Obstetrics and Gynecology
MCC Presentations
Menopause
MeSH
Climacteric [G08.686.157]
