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Gynecologists are often required to triage patient complaints over the phone. This chapter provides guidance regarding the acuity of common calls from home, including vaginal bleeding, fever, nausea and somatic complaints.
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Brady, P.C., Davis, M.R. (2016). Patient Communications. In: Handbook of Consult and Inpatient Gynecology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27724-0_21
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