References
Heavy menstrual bleeding
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- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Heavy menstrual bleeding: assessment and management. NICE guideline NG88. London: NICE; 2018 (updated 2021).Re-verify Source of the quality-of-life definition subsequently adopted by FIGO and ACOG. Confirm the current update date before publication.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heavy menstrual bleeding. Atlanta: CDC.Re-verify Source of the duration-over-7-days and change-more-often-than-2-hours criteria. Confirm the current page title and revision date.
- DeLoughery E, Colwill AC, Edelman A, Bannow BS. Red blood cell capacity of modern menstrual products: considerations for assessing heavy menstrual bleeding. BMJ Sex Reprod Health. 2024;50(1):21–26.From tool Measured red-cell capacities for pads, tampons, cups, discs and period underwear — the basis for volume estimation in the blood-loss tool, and for the point that marketed capacity is not red-cell capacity.
- Warner PE, Critchley HOD, Lumsden MA, Campbell-Brown M, Douglas A, Murray GD. Menorrhagia I: measured blood loss, clinical features, and outcome in women with heavy periods: a survey with follow-up data. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004;190(5):1216–1223.From tool Documents the divergence between measured volume and reported experience of heaviness.
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