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ArticleResearch and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis2023

Management of heavy menstrual bleeding in women with bleeding disorders in a tertiary care center.

Shikha Kuthiala, Julie Grabell, Nicole Relke, Wilma M Hopman, Mariana Silva, Mary Anne Jamieson, Paula James

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Article in Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Seventh Åland Island Meeting on von Willebrand Disease.Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia · 2026
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  6. von Willebrand disease.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2024
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  8. Rate of Prophylaxis for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Management in Women With von Willebrand Disease.Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shikha KuthialaSchool of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
Julie GrabellDepartment of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
Nicole RelkeSchool of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
Wilma M HopmanDepartment of Public Health Sciences, KHSC Research Institute, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
Mariana SilvaSchool of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
Mary Anne JamiesonSchool of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
Paula JamesSchool of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.
Queen's University · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) affects a significant number of women with bleeding disorders and has a negative impact on their quality of life. Objective: This retrospective study examined the management of patients with inherited bleeding disorders who used medical treatments, alone or in combination, for HMB. Methods: Chart review was performed on women attending the Women with Bleeding Disorders Clinic in Kingston, Ontario, between 2005 and 2017. Data collected included patient demographics, the reason for presentation and diagnosis, medical history, treatments, and patient satisfaction. Results: One hundred nine women were included in this cohort. Of these, only 74 (68%) were satisfied with medical management, and only 18 (17%) with first-line therapy. Treatments included combined contraceptives (oral pill, transdermal patch, and vaginal ring), progesterone-only pills, tranexamic acid, 52-mg levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LIUS), depomedroxyprogesterone acetate, and desmopressin, either alone or in combination. Satisfactory control of HMB occurred most often with the LIUS. Conclusion: In this cohort, managed in a tertiary care Women with Bleeding Disorders Clinic, only 68% of patients had successful control of HMB with medical treatment, and a minority were satisfied with first-line therapy. These data clearly highlight the need for additional research, including treatment approaches and novel therapies for this population.

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hemophilia Apatient satisfactionquality of lifetranexamic acidvon Willebrand disease

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PMID37065843
PMCPMC10099318
OpenAlexW4324032722

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