Audit on the management of complainants of sexual assault at an emergency department

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-189

  Gilles, Christine ^a   Van Loo, Christiane ^a   Rozenberg, Serge ^a  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Audit; Medical management; Rape; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LEVONORGESTREL; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLONE; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VICTIM;

EID: 77955550280     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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