Talk:Vaginal bleeding

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 30 August 2021 and 21 September 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Akwiki16, Patricklow9, Aprilchen427.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 12:13, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

References

This article needs one or more references to cover the content, added the tag. --FloNight 02:35, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Added references to introduction and to section Vaginal bleeding in children Gyno.Janine (talk) 22:47, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Expanded introduction and vaginal bleeding in children

Expanded introduction and vaginal bleeding in children to place in broader context, and vaginal bleeding in children to include more possible diagnosesGyno.Janine (talk) 22:45, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Pre-menopausal bleeding

I added the PALM-COEIN classification system to causes of bleeding in pre-menopausal age group, providing organization to the section.Gyno.Janine (talk) 19:55, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

UCSF 2021 WikiProject Medicine Workplan

Plan: sei: will revise introductory section for grammar, add citations april: add references for diagnosis section, especially in postmenopausal bleeding section amrik: complications section

FOR THE GROUP: re-organizing headings, especially difference between DDx and diagnosis section more sub-headings under premenopausal section add treatment section consider epidemiology section Aprilchen427 (talk) 18:00, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Mon 8/30 Assignment Day 1

• reviewed Wikiproject Medicine’s website
  
• decided what team will work on which article
  
• begun designing a viable workplan strategy for our team
  
  

Fri 9/3

• completed all 9 required Wiki Ed training modules
  
• posted our team workplan to the wikipage we’re going to improve
  
  

Fri 9/10

• made our first edits live on Wikipedia (rather than merely in sandboxes)
  
  

Mon 9/13 Wiki Inquiry SG #2

• peer-review
  
  

Sun 9/12

• begun peer-review
  
  

Sun 9/19

• completed peer-review and posted it on the talk page of the one we’re peer-reviewing
  
  

Mon 9/20 Wiki Inquiry SG #2

• complete assignment and edits
  
  

after assignment is complete

• intermittently check up on “our wiki page” to see if there have been additional improvements
  
• improve other areas of Wikipedia’s health content
  
  

Article chosen
Why this one? Include WP rating scale? How fit with your interests. Other details as desired
You WP editing team (up to 3)
Initial Analysis of the article
Overall organization, what changes
What will you add?

• sei: will revise introductory section for grammar, add citations
  
• april: add references for diagnosis section, especially in postmenopausal bleeding section
  
• amrik: complications section
  

FOR THE GROUP:

• re-organizing headings, especially difference between DDx and diagnosis section
  
• more sub-headings under premenopausal section
  
• add treatment section
  
• consider epidemiology section
  
• add see also additional links to abnormal uterine bleeding, obstetrical bleeding, menstruation, etc
  

What will you remove?
What will you augment?
What will you decrease coverage of?

Peer review comments thus far

First of all, great job on your edits! I like the depth of information on this page and overall structure. The breakdown of PALM-COEIN into a bulleted list was a very helpful change that allows the information to flow much better and in much more manageable chunks of information. It even allows the reader to skim through information that may not be as pertinent to them.

The main recommendations I would make are more nit-picky and regard simplifying some of the material, increasing citations, and cleaning up statements that seemed confusing or out of place. Some examples:

• the header "differential diagnosis" may be able to be changed to something such as "potential causes.”
• The first sentence under the differential diagnosis requires a high reading level to understand. "The parameters for normal menstruation have been defined as a result of an international process designed to simplify terminologies and definitions for abnormalities of menstrual bleeding"
• The last portion of the Complications section (the discussion of iron deficiency anemia and treatment) has no citations.
• No direct citation for information in Polyps under PALM-COEIN (although I imagine it could be the same citation as what is introducing the acronym in general).
• The diagnostic evaluation section seemed somewhat jumbled. Ex) “In an emergency or acute setting, vaginal bleeding can lead to hypovolemia. Postcoital bleeding is bleeding that occurs after sexual intercourse.” - This Is a paragraph on its own and seems like two separate ideas

These comments are somewhat subjective, and may be areas of constant revision. It also would take considerable time and many different individual edits to filter through the entire article in this way, which may be outside of the scope of this specific time bound assignment. Again, I feel the overall content of this article is very informative and the structural components are presented in a well-organized manner. Finishing up the epidemiology section is one obvious large-scale addition to come, but it otherwise seems to now require passing over the article multiple times with a more fine tooth comb. Logbai707 (talk) 00:49, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Good work on your edits! The page seemed like it had a lot of information on it that I think you made more clear and concise by reorganizing into the PALM-COIEN mnemonic. I think you did a great job adding citations and including links to abnormal uterine bleeding and other related topics throughout the article. The introduction reads really well, and I agree with Logan's comment that the differential diagnosis tab can be changed to either "potential causes" or "different stages of life" or the like since it seems like the section is based on discussing vaginal bleeding at different ages. I might recommend removing the subheading FIGO classification under diagnostic bleeding since it's more about uterine bleeding, but it could be a subjective choice. I would recommend adding more to the epidemiology section as you have already planned, and either remove the "See also" or add the links you had planned in your plan to the See also section. Overall, I think your edits are coming along quite nicely and the article looks great! Zayfay911 (talk) 05:37, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Wikipedia for the Medical Editor

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 29 January 2024 and 23 February 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Abilli4 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Mhrichards (talk) 15:21, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia for the Medical Editor

I am making edits to this article as a part of my couse, Wikipedia for the Medical Editor.

The plans I have for this article are as follows:

- Add a perimenopausal section, I feel this is a time a lot of patients have AUB and are wanting to find answers

- Add more info to the postmenopausal section. There are causes of vaginal bleeding during this time that aren't necessarily abnormal, such as bleeding d/t decreased estrogen and vaginal atrophy

- Add more to the bleeding in pregnancy section

- Change epidemiology section, the content seems to relate more to etiology, so I will combine that with the differential section. May delete epidemiolgy section all together, could be a potential future direction for this article. However, with the many different causes for vaginal bleeding, I feel that an epidemiology section could be confusing.

- Change formatting of PALM-COEIN section to make it more reader-friendly.

- Add information about diagnosis/treatment in the Lead section, to make it more complete. Abilli4 (talk) 15:20, 14 February 2024 (UTC)