Care of the adult patient after sexual assault

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 834-841

  Linden, Judith A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LEVONORGESTREL; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; METRONIDAZOLE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTRACEPTION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENITAL INJURY; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYPHILIS; TETANUS; VACCINATION; VAGINITIS; VICTIM; ADULT; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; INJURY; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RAPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80052475830     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1102869     Document Type: Article

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