Bleeding in Pregnancy

About one in four women have bleeding sometime during their pregnancy. This session will discuss the causes, concerns and management.

Dr Peter Jurcevic (Head – Blue Maternity Team, Royal Womens Hospital) will join Dr Ines Rio (Head – GP Liaison Unit, Royal Women’s Hospital) to provide an interactive webinar on general practice and primary care management of women who experience vaginal bleeding during their pregnancy. 

What are the possible causes? How do you differentiate between them? When can you reassure a woman? When should you refer to hospital? What are the updated guidelines on the use of anti-D in women who are Rh negative? These and more practical issues will be covered in the session.

Dr. Peter Jurcevic

After graduating with honours in 1993, including a stint at Yale University specialising in paediatrics, Dr Jurcevic undertook specialty training in obstetrics and gynaecology from 1995 until 2001. His training included 2 years of maternal-fetal medicine subspecialisation and 6 months of urogynaecological surgical enhancement training. He was the senior registrar both at the Royal Women’s Hospital (RWH) in Melbourne and interstate in NSW for the last 2 years of his training. 

For more than 20 years, he practiced obstetrics and gynaecology both privately and publicly. He has a current visiting medical officer appointment as head of obstetrics as well as a previous long-standing appointment as a gynaecologist at the RWH. He is currently supervisor of the obstetrics training program at the RWH and was the previous chair of the Frances Perry House MAC. 

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the session, you will be able to:

• assess women who experience bleeding in pregnancy
• provide optimal management of women who have bleeding in pregnancy
• understand the appropriate use of anti-d immunoglobulin.