Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- presença de fatores de risco
- amenorreia
- ciclo menstrual irregular
- fogachos e sudorese noturna
- sintomas vaginais
- alterações no humor
Outros fatores diagnósticos
- perturbação do sono
- comprometimento leve da memória
- Sangramento menstrual intenso
Fatores de risco
- idade entre 40 e 60 anos
- tratamento de câncer
- tabagismo
- cirurgia ovariana
- idade da mãe na menopausa
Investigações diagnósticas
Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas
- teste de gravidez
Investigações a serem consideradas
- hormônio folículo-estimulante (FSH)
- estradiol sérico
Algoritmo de tratamento
apresentação inicial com sintomas vasomotores leves
mulheres com útero, fogachos moderados a graves, com/sem redução da libido
mulheres histerectomizadas ou com dispositivo intrauterino com liberação de levonorgestrel colocado nos últimos 5 anos, fogachos moderados a intensos, com ou sem redução da libido
apenas atrofia urogenital
apenas com incontinência urinária de esforço
Colaboradores
Autores
Heather Currie, MB BS, FRCOG, DRCOG, MRCGP
Clinical Director Women and Sexual Health
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
Scotland
UK
Divulgaciones
HC declares that she has no competing interests.
Haitham Hamoda, MBChB, MD, FRCO
Consultant Gynaecologist
Clinical Lead for Menopause Service
King's College Hospital NHS Trust
London
UK
Divulgaciones
HH declares that he has no competing interests.
Bradford W. Fenton, MD, PhD, FACOG
Independence Park Medical Services
Anchorage
AK
Divulgaciones
BWF declares that he has no competing interests.
Agradecimientos
Dr Heather Currie, Dr Haitham Hamoda, and Dr Bradford W. Fenton would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Rebekah Wang-Cheng, a previous contributor to this topic.
Divulgaciones
RWC declares that she has no competing interests.
Revisores por pares
Nan Gillespie O’Connell, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond
VA
Divulgaciones
NGOC declares that she has no competing interests.
Carolyn Simpkins, MD, PhD
Internist
Daniel Island
SC
Divulgaciones
CS declares that she has no competing interests.
Edward Morris, MD
Consultant
Honorary Senior Lecturer and Clinical Director
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norwich
UK
Divulgaciones
EM declares that he has no competing interests.
Michelle Warren, MD
Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University in New York Medical Center
New York
NY
Divulgaciones
MW has received research funding from Ferring and Pfizer Wyeth; has acted as an advisory board consultant for Pfizer Wyeth, QuatRx, and Yoplait; and is on the speakers' bureau of Amgen, Upsher Smith, and Warner Chilcott. MW is also an author of a reference cited in this topic.
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Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
Referencias
Artículos principales
Barnabei VM, Cochrane BB, Aragaki AK, et al. Menopausal symptoms and treatment-related effects of estrogen and progestin in the Women's Health Initiative. Obstet Gynecol. 2005 May;105(5 Pt 1):1063-73. Resumen
Avis NE, Crawford SL, Greendale G, et al. Duration of menopausal vasomotor symptoms over the menopause transition. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr;175(4):531-9.Texto completo Resumen
North American Menopause Society. Management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: the 2021 position statement of The North American Menopause Society. Menopause. 2021 Sep 1;28(9):973-97. Resumen
The North American Menopause Society Advisory Panel. The 2022 hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society. Menopause. 2022 Jul 1;29(7):767-94. Resumen
Marjoribanks J, Farquhar C, Roberts H, et al. Long-term hormone therapy for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Jan 17;(1):CD004143.Texto completo Resumen
Manson JE, Aragaki AK, Rossouw JE, et al. Menopausal hormone therapy and long-term all-cause and cause-specific mortality: the women's health initiative randomized trials. JAMA. 2017 Sep 12;318(10):927-38. Resumen
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