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Grand Rounds: Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Pediatric and Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) Patients — A Pediatric Hematology Perspective
Pediatric Grand Rounds: Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Pediatric and Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) Patients — A Pediatric Hematology Perspective
Speaker: Victoria E. Lehrmann, MD
Holly Wayment presents a Pediatrics Now Grand Rounds on evaluating heavy menstrual bleeding in adolescents: defining normal vs abnormal bleeding, recognizing red flags for inherited bleeding disorders, and reviewing common hematologic causes such as von Willebrand disease, platelet dysfunction, and hemophilia/carrier states.
The episode covers practical diagnostic tools (ISTH-BAT, PBAC), initial labs (pregnancy test…
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