Adolescent girls and pelvic inflammatory disease: Experience and practices of emergency department pediatricians

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 449-454

  Benaim, Jacques ^a   Pulaski, Mary ^b   Coupey, Susan M ^c,d  

^a TAFNIT Jerusalem Inst Adolescents   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICIAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031777315     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Velebil P, Wingo PA, Xia Z, et al. Rate of hospitalization for gynecologic disorders among reproductive-age women in the United States. Obstet Gynecol. 1995; 86:764-769.
2. Bell TA, Holmes KK. Age-specific risks of syphilis, gonorrhea, and hospitalized pelvic inflammatory disease in sexually experienced U.S. women. Sex Transm Dis. 1984;11:291-295.
3. Mosciki AB, Winkler B, Irwin CE Jr, Schachter J. Differences in biologic maturation, sexual behavior, and sexually transmitted disease between adolescents with and without cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. J Pediatr. 1989;115:487-493.
4. Cates W Jr. The epidemiology and control of STD in adolescents. In: Schydlower M, Shafer MA, eds. AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Vol 1. Philadelphia, Pa: Hanley & Belfus; 1990:409-427. Adolescent Medicine State of the Art Reviews.
5. Westrom L, Mardh PA. Acute pelvic inflammatory disease. In: Holmes KK, Mardh PA, Sparling PF, Wiesner PJ, eds. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co; 1990:593-613.
6. Marchbanks PA, Annegers JF, Coulam CB, Strathy JH, Kurland LT. Risk factors for ectopic pregnancy: a population-based study. JAMA. 1988;259:1823-1827.
7. Coste J, Job-Spira N, Fernandez H, et al. Risk factors for ectopic pregnancy: a case-control study in France, with special focus on infectious factors. Am J Epidemiol. 1991;133:839-849.
8. Sweet RL. Pelvic inflammatory disease. In: Sweet RL, Gibbs RS, eds. Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract. 2nd ed. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins; 1990:241-266.
9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pelvic inflammatory disease: guidelines for prevention and management. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1991; 40:1-25.
10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1993 Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1993;42:78.
11. Biro F. Adolescents and sexually transmitted diseases. Maternal and Child Health Technical Information Bulletin. August 1992:15.
12. Association of Reproductive Health Professionals. Pelvic inflammatory disease. Clin Proc. May 1994:8.
13. Rosenfeld WD, Litman N. Sexually transmitted diseases. In: Friedman SB, Fisher MM, Schonberg SK, Alderman EM, eds. Comprehensive Adolescent Health Care. 2nd ed. St Louis, Mo: CV Mosby; 1998:1097-1118.
14. Paradise JE. Pediatric and adolescent gynecology. In: Fleischer GR, Ludwig S, eds. Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins; 1993:929-939.
15. Eng TR, Butler WT, eds. The Hidden Epidemic: Confronting Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press; 1997.
16. Lehmann CU, Barr J, Kelly PJ. Emergency department utilization by adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 1994;15:485-490.
17. Curriculum Subcommittee Section of Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) fellowship curriculum statement. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1991;7:48-53.
18. Nozick CA, Singh J. Training, attitudes, and income profiles of pediatric emergency physicians: the results of a 1993 survey of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1995;11:20-24.
19. Cohen MI. Importance, implementation, and impact of the adolescent medicine components of the report of the task force on pediatric education. J Adolesc Health. 1980;1:1-8.