Role of service:
The YAMS clinic is a multidisciplinary service that assists women identified as having Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI), investigate possible causes of POI, manage their symptoms, and maintain their health and wellbeing.
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) is defined as “loss of ovarian activity before the age of 40”. It affects approximately 1% of women and is characterised by menstrual disturbance (amenorrhoea or oligomenorrhoea of at least 4 months) with raised gonadotropins and low oestradiol (ESHRE Guidelines 2015)
Clinical Inclusion:
Onset of menopause symptoms before the age of 40
Clinical Exclusion
Women seeking assistance with reproduction should not be referred to this clinic
Please refer urgently to a Fertility clinic or fertility services if this is required.
Referral to include:
- FSH testing results x 2 more than four weeks apart whilst not using combined hormonal contraception
- Current contraception (if using)
- Current Cervical Screening Test
- Lipids and fasting glucose
- Thyroid function tests
- If indicated - Bone Mineral Density, Vitamin D
- Record of current medications (including hormone therapy)
- Allergies
- Any other recent tests
- Information from other treating medical practitioners
Frequency of Clinic:
Once a fortnight on a Wednesday
Urgent referral:
Please ring CNS Menopause Service to discuss urgent referrals
Referral process:
All referrals are sent to Central Referral Service (CRS) for triage
Phone: 1300 551 142
Fax: 1300 365 056
Healthlink Secure Messaging: crefserv
Contact information:
CNS Menopause Service : Ms Shavita Patel-Brown
Monday and Tuesday ONLY
Telephone: (08) 6458 2222 and ask for pager 3358