Obstetrics, gynecology, andrology, sexual and reproductive health

Menstruation disturbances, female gonadal disorders

Guidelines, reviews, epidemiology

Abnormal uterine bleeding, menorrhagia

• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Management of heavy menstrual bleeding in Australian general practice: An analysis of BEACH data [2021]
  • Better Safer Care
    • Hysterectomy for heavy menstrual bleeding in non-pregnant, premenopausal women
    • Endometrial ablation for abnormal uterine bleeding
    • Dilatation and curettage for heavy menstrual bleeding
• Brazil
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence of abnormal uterine bleeding in Brazilian women: Association between self-perception and objective parameters [2023]
• Canada
  • CMAJ Open
    • Outpatient uterine assessment and treatment unit in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding: an economic modelling study [2020]
  • Ontario Health
    • Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System (52 mg) for Idiopathic Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: A Health Technology Assessment [2016]
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Diagnosis and Management of Adenomyosis [2023]
    • Classification and Management of Endometrial Hyperplasia [2019]
    • Gynaecological and Obstetric Management of Women With Inherited Bleeding Disorders [2018]
    • Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Pre-Menopausal Women [2018]
    • Endometrial Ablation in the Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding [2015]
• France
  • PLoS ONE
    • The surgical treatment of idiopathic abnormal uterine bleeding: An analysis of 88 000 patients from the French exhaustive national hospital discharge database from 2009 to 2015 [2019]
• Germany
  • Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
    • Radiofrequency endometrial ablation for menorrhagia using a mesh electrode [2022]
• High-income countries
  • Medicina
    • Quality of Life, Anxiety and Depression in Women Treated with Hysteroscopic Endometrial Resection or Ablation for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials [2022]
• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • 2020 Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guideline on investigations of premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding [2020]
    • Guidelines on Clinical Management of Endometrial Hyperplasia [2015]
• India
  • Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India
    • Management Guidelines of. Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Reproductive Period. Evidence-based Good Clinical Practice Recommendations for Indian women [2016]
• International
  • Advances in Therapy
    • A Review of Clinical Guidelines on the Management of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Women with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding [2020]
  • Blood Advances
    • Gynecologic and obstetric management of women with von Willebrand disease: summary of 3 systematic reviews of the literature [2022]
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Pictorial methods to assess heavy menstrual bleeding in research and clinical practice: a systematic literature review [2020]
  • BMJ
    • Second generation endometrial ablation techniques for heavy menstrual bleeding: network meta-analysis [2012]
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Interventions for heavy menstrual bleeding; overview of Cochrane reviews and network meta-analysis [2022]
    • Progestogen-releasing intrauterine systems for heavy menstrual bleeding [2020]
    • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for heavy menstrual bleeding [2019]
    • Endometrial resection and ablation versus hysterectomy for heavy menstrual bleeding [2019]
    • Endometrial resection and ablation techniques for heavy menstrual bleeding [2019]
    • Cyclical progestogens for heavy menstrual bleeding [2019]
    • Combined hormonal contraceptives for heavy menstrual bleeding [2019]
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Abnormal uterine bleeding: A well-travelled path to iron deficiency and anemia [2020]
    • The two FIGO systems for normal and abnormal uterine bleeding symptoms and classification of causes of abnormal uterine bleeding in the reproductive years: 2018 revisions Library [2018]
    • FIGO classification system (PALM-COEIN) for causes of abnormal uterine bleeding in nongravid women of reproductive age [2011]
  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India
    • Diagnosis and Management of Formerly Called “Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding” According to PALM-COEIN FIGO Classification and the New Guidelines [2014]
• Israel
  • Reproductive Sciences
    • Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Among COVID-19 Vaccinated and Recovered Women: a National Survey [2023]
• Netherlands
  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system versus endometrial ablation for heavy menstrual bleeding [2021]
  • BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    • The levonorgestrel intrauterine system versus endometrial ablation for heavy menstrual bleeding: a cost-effectiveness analysis [2021]
  • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
    • Practice variation in the stepped care approach to idiopathic heavy menstrual bleeding: A population-based study [2023]
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
    • High prevalence of heavy menstrual bleeding in women with rare bleeding disorders in the Netherlands: retrospective data from the RBiN study [2023]
• Poland
  • Ginekologia Polska
    • Recommendations of the Group of Experts of the Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians regarding abnormal uterine bleeding in adolescents [2020]
• Republic of Korea
  • Journal of Korean Medical Science
    • Comprehensive Analysis of Iron Deficiency Anemia and Its Related Disorders in Premenopausal Women Based on a Propensity Score Matching Case Control Study Using National Health Insurance Service Database in Korea [2023]
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
    • Therapy of heavy menstrual bleeding in Korea: Subanalysis and results from a multinational clinical trial in the Asian region investigating the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system versus conventional therapy [2015]
• Taiwan
  • Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Medical treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding [2015]
• United Kingdom
  • BMC Health Services Research
    • The delivery of heavy menstrual bleeding services in England and Wales after publication of national guidelines: a survey of hospitals [2013]
  • BMJ Open
    • Factors associated with receiving surgical treatment for menorrhagia in England and Wales: findings from a cohort study of the National Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Audit [2019]
    • Sociodemographic differences in symptom severity and duration among women referred to secondary care for menorrhagia in England and Wales: a cohort study from the National Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Audit [2018]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • Rates of medical or surgical treatment for women with heavy menstrual bleeding: the ECLIPSE trial 10-year observational follow-up study [2023]
    • Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy compared with second-generation endometrial ablation for heavy menstrual bleeding: the HEALTH RCT [2019]
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Heavy menstrual bleeding: assessment and management [2021]
    • 2021 exceptional surveillance of heavy menstrual bleeding: assessment and management (NICE guideline NG88) [2021]
    • Heavy menstrual bleeding [2020]
    • Uterine artery embolisation for treating adenomyosis [2013]
    • Heavy menstrual bleeding
  • Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
    • Heavy menstrual bleeding management during the Covid pandemic [2021]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System vs. Usual Medical Treatment for Menorrhagia: An Economic Evaluation Alongside a Randomised Controlled Trial [2014]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Joint RCOG, BSGE and BGCS guidance for the management of abnormal uterine bleeding in the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic [2020]
    • Management of Endometrial Hyperplasia [2016]
• United States
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Options for Prevention and Management of Menstrual Bleeding in Adolescent Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment [2021]
    • Screening and Management of Bleeding Disorders in Adolescents With Heavy Menstrual Bleeding [2019]
    • Von Willebrand Disease in Women [2013]
    • Management of Acute Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Nonpregnant Reproductive-Aged Women [2013]
  • American College of Radiology
    • Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
  • American Family Physician
    • Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Premenopausal Women [2019]
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
    • Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Bleeding Disorders in Women
  • Drug Safety
    • Comparative Risk Assessment of Severe Uterine Bleeding Following Exposure to Direct Oral Anticoagulants: A Network Study Across Four Observational Databases in the USA [2021]
  • Future Medicine
    • Employer-perspective cost comparison of surgical treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding [2020]
  • Hematology: the American Society of Hematology Education Program
    • Evaluation and management of heavy menstrual bleeding in adolescents: the role of the hematologist [2018]
  • Permanente Journal
    • Acute Uterine Bleeding Unrelated to Pregnancy: A Southern California Permanente Medical Group Practice Guideline [2013]
  • Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
    • Nonsurgical management of heavy menstrual bleeding: a systematic review [2013]
    • A systematic review comparing hysterectomy with less-invasive treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding [2012]
    • Systematic review highlights difficulty interpreting diverse clinical outcomes in abnormal uterine bleeding trials [2011]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Uterine fibroids
    • Gynecologic ultrasound
    • Endometriosis

Amenorrhea

• Brazil
  • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
    • Premature ovarian insufficiency: A hormonal treatment approach [2020]
• Canada, Europe, United States
  • JNCCN
    • Management of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency Symptoms in Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer [2018]
• China
  • Journal of Ovarian Research
    • Knowledge of iatrogenic premature ovarian insufficiency among Chinese obstetricians and gynaecologists: a national questionnaire survey [2020]
  • Women's Health
    • Prevalence of oligomenorrhea among women of childbearing age in China: A large community-based study [2020]
• Europe
  • European Menopause and Andropause Society
    • EMAS position statement: Managing women with premature ovarian failure [2010]
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • ESHRE Guideline: management of women with premature ovarian insufficiency [2016]
• Europe, United States
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • Psychological factors in functional hypothalamic amenorrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
• Finland
  • Human Reproduction
    • Association of genetic disorders and congenital malformations with premature ovarian insufficiency: a nationwide register-based study [2023]
    • Incidence and familial risk of premature ovarian insufficiency in the Finnish female population [2022]
• International
  • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • The FIGO ovulatory disorders classification system [2022]
• Iran
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Prevalence of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and its relationship with female reproductive factors in Iranian women: a cross-sectional study from the Persian (Shahedieh) cohort data [2023]
• Republic of Korea
  • Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Evaluation and management of amenorrhea related to congenital sex hormonal disorders [2019]
  • Journal of Korean Medical Science
    • Etiology and Secular Trends in Primary Amenorrhea in 856 Patients: A 17-Year Retrospective Multicenter Study in Korea [2022]
• United Kingdom
  • British Menopause Society
    • The British Menopause Society and Women’s Health Concern recommendations on the management of women with premature ovarian insufficiency [2017]
• United States
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Müllerian Agenesis: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment [2018]
    • Hormone Therapy in Primary Ovarian Insufficiency [2017]
    • Primary Ovarian Insufficiency in Adolescents and Young Women [2014]
  • American Family Physician
    • Amenorrhea: A Systematic Approach to Diagnosis and Management [2019]
  • Endocrine Society
    • Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline [2017]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Turner syndrome
    • Puberty
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome
    • Hyperprolactinemia, galactorrhea
    • Hirsutism, acne, alopecia, adrenal gland diseases
    • Female infertility
    • Exercise-associated amenorrhea
    • Eating disorders
    • Anorexia nervosa

Dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Management of persistent pelvic pain in girls and women [2015]
• Brazil
  • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
    • WHODAS measurement properties for women with dysmenorrhea [2023]
  • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
    • Primary dysmenorrhea: treatment [2013]
• Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain [2018]
    • Primary Dysmenorrhea Consensus Guideline [2017]
• China
  • Medicine
    • Comparative efficacy and dysmenorrhea score of 6 object-separated moxibustions for the treatment of Chinese patients with dysmenorrhea [2021]
• Ethiopia
  • Women's Health
    • Prevalence of dysmenorrhea and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
• France
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
    • The Underestimated Prevalence of Neglected Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women, a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in France [2021]
  • Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
    • Prevalence of dysmenorrhea in adolescents in France: Results of a large cross-sectional study [2022]
• High-income countries
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Surgical interventions for the management of chronic pelvic pain in women [2021]
• International
  • Acta Biomedica
    • Prevalence, attitude and practice of self-medication among adolescents and the paradigm of dysmenorrhea self-care management in different countries [2020]
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Exercise for dysmenorrhoea [2019]
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
    • Significant Increase in Depression in Women With Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Cumulative Analysis [2021]
  • International Urogynecology Journal
    • Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines (CPG) on the management of female chronic pelvic pain (CPP) using the AGREE II instrument [2021]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Association between cigarette smoking and the risk of dysmenorrhea: A meta-analysis of observational studies [2020]
    • Self-care strategies and sources of knowledge on menstruation in 12,526 young women with dysmenorrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2019]
• Iran
  • International Journal of Reproductive Biomedicine
    • The prevalence of menstrual disorders in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2018]
• Japan
  • Advances in Therapy
    • Efficacy of Low-Dose Estrogen-Progestins and Progestins in Japanese Women with Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis [2022]
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • Association of preconception dysmenorrhea with obstetric complications: the Japan Environment and Children's Study [2022]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Comparisons of the Prevalence, Severity, and Risk Factors of Dysmenorrhea between Japanese Female Athletes and Non-Athletes in Universities [2021]
• Mali
  • African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines
    • Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used in Mali for Dysmenorrhea [2011]
• Singapore
  • Singapore Medical Journal
    • Approach to dysmenorrhoea in primary care [2023]
• Taiwan
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
    • Ethnopharmacological Survey of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacy Prescriptions for Dysmenorrhea [2021]
  • Frontiers in Public Health
    • Increased Incidence of Dysmenorrhea in Women Exposed to Higher Concentrations of NO, NO2, NOx, CO, and PM2.5: A Nationwide Population-Based Study [2021]
• United Kingdom
  • British Journal of Pain
    • The development and delivery of a female chronic pelvic pain management programme: a specialised interdisciplinary approach [2015]
  • Health Technology Assessment
    • MRI versus laparoscopy to diagnose the main causes of chronic pelvic pain in women: a test-accuracy study and economic evaluation [2018]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Management of Bladder Pain Syndrome [2016]
    • Therapies Targeting the Nervous System for Chronic Pelvic Pain Relief [2015]
    • The Initial Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain [2012]
• United States
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Dysmenorrhea and Endometriosis in the Adolescent [2018]
  • Journal of Sexual Medicine
    • Prevalence of Chronic Pelvic Pain by Sexual Orientation in a Large Cohort of Young Women in the United States [2022]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Uterine fibroids
    • Endometriosis

Exercise-associated amenorrhea

• Australia
  • Australian Journal of General Practice
    • Sports nutrition for the recreational athlete [2020]
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
    • The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) position statement on disordered eating in high performance sport [2020]
• Canada, United States
  • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
    • Position of the American Dietetic Association, Dietitians of Canada, and the American College of Sports Medicine: Nutrition and Athletic Performance [2009]
• International
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
    • 2014 Female Athlete Triad Coalition Consensus Statement on Treatment and Return to Play of the Female Athlete Triad: 1st International Conference held in San Francisco, California, May 2012 and 2nd International Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 2013 [2014]
  • Children
    • Nutritional Risks among Adolescent Athletes with Disordered Eating [2021]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • The Prevalence of Menstrual Cycle Disorders in Female Athletes from Different Sports Disciplines: A Rapid Review [2022]
  • International Olympic Committee
    • The IOC consensus statement: beyond the Female Athlete Triad—Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) [2014]
  • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
    • Female Athlete Triad or Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (RED-S): Is There a Difference? [2016]
  • Life
    • The Specificities of Elite Female Athletes: A Multidisciplinary Approach [2021]
• Japan
  • International Journal of Women's Health
    • Risk of female athlete triad development in Japanese collegiate athletes is related to sport type and competitive leve [2018]
• United States
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Promotion of Healthy Weight-Control Practices in Young Athletes [2017]
    • The Female Athlete Triad [2016]
  • American Family Physician
    • The Female Athlete Triad: Recommendations for Management [2018]
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
    • Misunderstanding the Female Athlete Triad: Refuting the IOC Consensus Statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) [2014]
  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
    • The female athlete triad: It takes a team [2018]
  • Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine
    • Treatment strategies for the female athlete triad in the adolescent athlete: current perspectives [2017]
  • PM&R
    • Menstrual Irregularity, Hormonal Contraceptive Use, and Bone Stress Injuries in Collegiate Female Athletes in the United States [2021]
  • Translational Pediatrics
    • The female athlete triad: special considerations for adolescent female athletes [2017]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Amenorrhea

Hyperprolactinemia, galactorrhea

• Australia
  • Australian Prescriber
    • Hyperprolactinaemia [2017]
• Austria, Germany, Switzerland
  • European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
    • Galactorrhea during antipsychotic treatment: results from AMSP, a drug surveillance program, between 1993 and 2015 [2021]
• Brazil
  • Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Controversial issues in the management of hyperprolactinemia and prolactinomas – An overview by the Neuroendocrinology Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism [2018]
• Croatia
  • Endocrine Oncology and Metabolism
    • Croatian guidelines for the management of hyperprolactinemia: a viewpoint from a developing country [2015]
• High-income countries
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • The efficacy and safety of quinagolide in hyperprolactinemia treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
• International
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Global Prevalence of Macroprolactinemia among Patients with Hyperprolactinemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2020]
  • Pharmaceutical Medicine
    • Clinical Presentations of Drug-Induced Hyperprolactinaemia: A Literature Review [2023]
• Italy
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
    • Italian Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AME) and International Chapter of Clinical Endocrinology (ICCE). Position statement for clinical practice: prolactin-secreting tumors [2022]
• Spain
  • Endocrinología y Nutrición (English Edition)
    • Clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of prolactinoma and hyperprolactinemia [2013]
  • Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental
    • Spanish consensus on the risks and detection of antipsychotic drug-related hyperprolactinaemia [2016]
• Turkey
  • Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology
    • Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Hyperprolactinemia in Children and Adolescents: National Survey [2019]
• United States
  • Endocrine Society
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Hyperprolactinemia: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline [2011]
  • National Cancer Institute
    • Pituitary Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Application for inclusion of Bromocriptine and Cabergoline In the WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines (2023) for Adults and Children [2022]
    • WHO International collaborative study of the proposed 4th International Standard for Prolactin, Human [2016]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Amenorrhea

Polycystic ovary syndrome

• Australia
  • Australian Family Physician
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome - An update [2012]
  • Medical Journal of Australia
    • Translation and implementation of the Australian-led PCOS guideline: clinical summary and translation resources from the International Evidence-based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [2018]
• China
  • BioMed Research International
    • The Disparity in the Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome between Obstetrician-Gynecologists in Different-Level Hospitals under the Hierarchical Medical System [2022]
  • BMC Endocrine Disorders
    • Obesity management in polycystic ovary syndrome: disparity in knowledge between obstetrician-gynecologists and reproductive endocrinologists in China [2021]
  • Journal of Zhejiang University Science B
    • American, European, and Chinese practice guidelines or consensuses of polycystic ovary syndrome: a comparative analysis [2018]
• Europe
  • European Society of Endocrinology
    • The polycystic ovary syndrome: a position statement from the European Society of Endocrinology [2014]
    • European survey of diagnosis and management of the polycystic ovary syndrome: results of the ESE PCOS Special Interest Group's Questionnaire [2014]
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • Health and fertility in World Health Organization group 2 anovulatory women [2012]
• Europe, United States
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • Consensus on women's health aspects of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) [2012]
• India
  • Fertility Science and Research
    • Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in India [2014]
  • Indian Journal of Medical Research
    • Epidemiology, pathogenesis, genetics & management of polycystic ovary syndrome in India [2019]
  • JMIR Research Protocols
    • Evaluation of the Prevalence, Regional Phenotypic Variation, Comorbidities, Risk Factors, and Variations in Response to Different Therapeutic Modalities Among Indian Women: Proposal for the Indian Council of Medical Research–Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (ICMR–PCOS) Study [2021]
• International
  • Androgen Excess and PCOS Society
    • Androgen Excess- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society: position statement on depression, anxiety, quality of life, and eating disorders in polycystic ovary syndrome [2018]
  • BMC Medicine
    • Adolescent polycystic ovary syndrome according to the international evidence-based guideline [2020]
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • International evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) [2018]
  • Fertility and Sterility
    • Different pregnancy outcomes according to the polycystic ovary syndrome diagnostic criteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 79 studies [2022]
    • Recommendations from the international evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome [2018]
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • A systematic review of lived experiences of people with polycystic ovary syndrome highlights the need for holistic care and co-creation of educational resources [2022]
  • Hormone Research in Paediatrics
    • An International Consortium Update: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescence [2017]
  • Human Reproduction Open
    • Evidence summaries and recommendations from the international evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome: assessment and treatment of infertility [2019]
  • Human Reproduction Update
    • Long-term cardiometabolic disease risk in women with PCOS: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]
  • International Journal of Reproductive Biomedicine
    • Risk of endometrial, ovarian, and breast cancers in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Recommendations From the 2023 International Evidence-based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [2023]
  • Medicine
    • Reporting quality of polycystic ovary syndrome practice guidelines based on the RIGHT checklist [2020]
  • Pediatrics
    • Diagnosis and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents [2020]
• Poland
  • Endokrynologia Polska
    • The polycystic ovary syndrome: a position statement from the Polish Society of Endocrinology, the Polish Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians, and the Polish Society of Gynaecological Endocrinology [2018]
• Sweden
  • PLoS ONE
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome and extremely preterm birth: A nationwide register-based study [2021]
• United Kingdom
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Long-term Consequences of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [2014]
• United States
  • American Family Physician
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [2016]
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
    • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
  • Endocrine Society
    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline [2013]
• {Related topics}
  • Topic
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome: treatment
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome: epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis
    • Hirsutism
    • Female infertility
    • Amenorrhea

Polycystic ovary syndrome: epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis

• China
  • Annals of Palliative Medicine
    • The prevalence of polycystic ovarian syndrome in Chinese women: a meta-analysis [2021]
  • Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific
    • Changes in the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in China over the past decade [2022]
• Europe
  • Archives of Medical Science : AMS
    • National and regional trends in the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome since 1990 within Europe: the modeled estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 [2019]
• India
  • Nepal Journal of Epidemiology
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome among Indian adolescent girls – A systematic review and metanalysis [2021]
• International
  • Androgen Excess and PCOS Society
    • Recommendations for epidemiologic and phenotypic research in polycystic ovary syndrome: an androgen excess and PCOS society resource [2019]
    • The Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome during Adolescence [2015]
    • Definition and significance of polycystic ovarian morphology: a task force report from the Androgen Excess and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society [2013]
    • Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women with the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the Androgen Excess and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (AE-PCOS) Society [2010]
    • The Androgen Excess and PCOS Society criteria for the polycystic ovary syndrome: the complete task force report [2009]
    • Glucose Intolerance in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome—A Position Statement of the Androgen Excess Society [2007]
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • Prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
  • Human Reproduction
    • Measuring the global disease burden of polycystic ovary syndrome in 194 countries: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 [2021]
    • The prevalence and phenotypic features of polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2016]
  • Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences
    • The Prevalence of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Brief Systematic Review [2020]
  • Oncotarget
    • The prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in reproductive-aged women of different ethnicity: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2017]
• Iran
  • Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine
    • Prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome and its associated complications in Iranian women: A meta-analysis [2015]
• Latin America
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • Metabolic Features of Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Latin America: A Systematic Review [2021]
• Qatar
  • PLoS ONE
    • The prevalence and metabolic characteristics of polycystic ovary syndrome in the Qatari population [2017]
• Republic of Korea
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Trend changes and factor analysis of endometrial hyperplasia in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome based on the Korean National Health Insurance Database [2022]
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Is Higher among Non-Obese PCOS Women with Hyperandrogenism and Menstrual Irregularity in Korea [2014]
  • Yonsei Medical Journal
    • Age-Adjusted Prevalence and Characteristics of Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study (2010-2019) [2022]
• Singapore
  • Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
    • Diagnosis and management of polycystic ovary syndrome: Perspectives of clinicians in Singapore [2022]
• Taiwan
  • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
    • Clinical characteristics in Taiwanese women with polycystic ovary syndrome [2015]
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Risk of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women Exposed to Fine Air Pollutants and Acidic Gases: A Nationwide Cohort Analysis [2019]
• United States
  • Endocrine Society
    • Scientific Statement on the Diagnostic Criteria, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Molecular Genetics of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [2015]
  • Fertility and Sterility
    • Specificity and Predictive Value of Circulating Testosterone Assessed By Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by the NIH 1990 Criteria [2014]
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  • Topic
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome

Polycystic ovary syndrome: metformin, insulin sensitizers

• International
  • BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
    • Major malformations risk following early pregnancy exposure to metformin: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Metformin versus the combined oral contraceptive pill for hirsutism, acne, and menstrual pattern in polycystic ovary syndrome [2020]
    • Metformin treatment before and during IVF or ICSI in women with polycystic ovary syndrome [2020]
    • Metformin for ovulation induction (excluding gonadotrophins) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome [2019]
    • Insulin-sensitising drugs (metformin, rosiglitazone, pioglitazone, D-chiro-inositol) for women with polycystic ovary syndrome, oligo amenorrhoea and subfertility [2017]
  • International Journal of Endocrinology
    • The Effect of Metformin on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Overweight Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials [2020]
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    • Insulin Sensitizers for Improving the Endocrine and Metabolic Profile in Overweight Women With PCOS [2020]
  • Journal of Ovarian Research
    • The effects of metformin on anti-Müllerian hormone levels in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]
  • Medicine
    • The efficacy and safety of metformin combined with simvastatin in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome [2021]
  • Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
    • Inositol is an effective and safe treatment in polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [2023]
  • Reproductive Health
    • Comparative efficacy of oral insulin sensitizers metformin, thiazolidinediones, inositol, and berberine in improving endocrine and metabolic profiles in women with PCOS: a network meta-analysis [2021]
  • Scientific Reports
    • Effects of lifestyle modification in polycystic ovary syndrome compared to metformin only or metformin addition: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]
  • Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism
    • Impact of metformin on the clinical and metabolic parameters of women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials [2022]
• Sweden
  • Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
    • Pregnancy, perinatal and childhood outcomes in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome and metformin during pregnancy: a nationwide population-based study [2022]
• Taiwan
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Prepregnancy Polycystic Ovary Syndrome as a Risk Factor of Subsequent Preterm Labor: A National Population-Based Cohort Study [2022]
    • The Risk of Subsequent Miscarriage in Pregnant Women with Prior Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Nationwide Population-Based Study [2021]
• United Kingdom
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome: metformin in women not planning pregnancy [2013]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Metformin Therapy for the Management of Infertility in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [2017]
• United States
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
    • Role of metformin for ovulation induction in infertile patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): a guideline [2017]
  • Pediatric Endocrine Society
    • State of the Art Review: Emerging Therapies: The Use of Insulin Sensitizers in the Treatment of Adolescents with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) [2011]
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  • Topic
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome: treatment

Polycystic ovary syndrome: treatment

• Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
    • Ovulation Induction in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [2018]
• Europe, United States
  • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
    • Consensus on infertility treatment related to polycystic ovary syndrome -- The Thessaloniki ESHRE/ASRM-Sponsored PCOS Consensus Workshop Group [2008]
• International
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Laparoscopic ovarian drilling for ovulation induction in women with anovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome [2020]
    • Lifestyle changes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome [2019]
    • Aromatase inhibitors (letrozole) for subfertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome [2018]
    • Ovarian surgery for symptom relief in women with polycystic ovary syndrome [2017]
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
    • Metabolic Surgery on Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]
    • Dietary Modification for Reproductive Health in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]
  • Human Reproduction Update
    • Comparison of dietary and physical activity behaviors in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 39 471 women [2022]
  • Life
    • Effectiveness of Lifestyle Modification in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Patients with Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]
  • Medical Sciences
    • A Review of Second- and Third-line Infertility Treatments and Supporting Evidence in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [2019]
    • A Review of First Line Infertility Treatments and Supporting Evidence in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [2019]
  • Medicine
    • The effect of exercise as an intervention for women with polycystic ovary syndrome [2020]
  • PLoS ONE
    • The comparative effectiveness of 55 interventions in obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: A network meta-analysis of 101 randomized trials [2021]
  • Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
    • The effects of statins on hyperandrogenism in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [2021]
  • Sports Medicine
    • Exercise Recommendations for Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Is the Evidence Enough? [2019]
• Iran
  • Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine
    • Antioxidants and management of polycystic ovary syndrome in Iran: A systematic review of clinical trials [2015]
• Singapore
  • BMC Research Notes
    • Analysis of the barriers and enablers to implementing lifestyle management practices for women with PCOS in Singapore [2016]
• Sweden
  • Human Reproduction
    • Early initiation of anti-androgen treatment is associated with increased probability of spontaneous conception leading to childbirth in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a population-based multiregistry cohort study in Sweden [2021]
• United States
  • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
    • A Commentary on the New Evidence-Based Lifestyle Recommendations for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Potential Barriers to their Implementation in the United States [2019]
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    • Metabolic syndrome in obesity: treatment success and adverse pregnancy outcomes with ovulation induction in polycystic ovary syndrome [2021]
• WHO
  • World Health Organization
    • Simvastatin – polycystic ovary syndrome – EML [2021]
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  • Topic
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome: metformin, insulin sensitizers
    • Polycystic ovary syndrome

Premenstrual syndrome

• Bulgaria
  • Annals of General Psychiatry
    • Prevalence and clinical picture of premenstrual syndrome in females from Bulgaria [2020]
• Canada
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Hormonal contraceptive use and prevalence of premenstrual symptoms in a multiethnic Canadian population [2017]
• China
  • BioMed Research International
    • Epidemiological Distribution and Subtype Analysis of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Syndromes and Symptoms Based on TCM Theories [2017]
• Ethiopia
  • PLoS ONE
    • Prevalence and associated factors of premenstrual syndrome among women of the reproductive age group in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]
• India
  • Health Promotion Perspectives
    • Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]
• International
  • Archives of Women's Mental Health
    • Suicidality in women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: a systematic literature review [2021]
    • Towards a consensus on diagnostic criteria, measurement and trial design of the premenstrual disorders: the ISPMD Montreal consensus [2011]
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for premenstrual syndrome [2013]
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
    • Association Between Smoking and Premenstrual Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis [2020]
  • International Journal of Women's Health
    • Management of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Scoping Review [2022]
  • Journal of Women's Health
    • Suicidal Risk in Women with Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]
• Iran
  • International Journal of Reproductive Biomedicine
    • Prevalence of premenstrual syndrome in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2017]
• Middle East
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Prevalence and patterns of premenstrual disorders and possible association with sexual harassment: a cross-sectional study of young Arab women [2022]
• Republic of Korea
  • BMC Women's Health
    • Premenstrual syndrome incidence rate and risk factors among the working population in the Republic of Korea: a prospective cohort study [2022]
• Sweden
  • BMC Medicine
    • Clinical indications of premenstrual disorders and subsequent risk of injury: a population-based cohort study in Sweden [2021]
• Switzerland
  • Gynecological Endocrinology
    • Interdisciplinary consensus on management of premenstrual disorders in Switzerland [2017]
• United Kingdom
  • BMJ Open
    • Recording and treatment of premenstrual syndrome in UK general practice: a retrospective cohort study [2016]
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
    • Premenstrual Syndrome, Management [2016]
• United States
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • Management of Premenstrual Disorders [2023]
  • American Family Physician
    • Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder [2016]
  • Open Access Journal of Contraception
    • Contraception counseling for women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD): current perspectives [2019]