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Hospital Practice, 1986
Acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a major public health problem. An estimated 1 million cases occur annually in the United States. PID is a major cause of infertility and ectopic pregnancy. Prevention of the significant medical and economic sequelae of acute PID relies on the institution of appropriate treatment regimens that are based on the ...
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Acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a major public health problem. An estimated 1 million cases occur annually in the United States. PID is a major cause of infertility and ectopic pregnancy. Prevention of the significant medical and economic sequelae of acute PID relies on the institution of appropriate treatment regimens that are based on the ...
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Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 1985
A dramatic increase in the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in recent years has led to a parallel increase in consequent infertility. The economic and psychologic costs of infection and infertility are severe and preventable. The author reviews and outlines current diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations that are now being used to prevent ...
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A dramatic increase in the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in recent years has led to a parallel increase in consequent infertility. The economic and psychologic costs of infection and infertility are severe and preventable. The author reviews and outlines current diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations that are now being used to prevent ...
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Clinical Pediatrics, 1980
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a bacterial infection centered in the fal lopian tubes, is increasingly encountered among adolescents seen by the pedia trician. This review describes two cases representative of gonococcal and non gonococcal PID and the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and treat ment of this disorder are discussed.
M S, Smith, D A, Eschenbach
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Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a bacterial infection centered in the fal lopian tubes, is increasingly encountered among adolescents seen by the pedia trician. This review describes two cases representative of gonococcal and non gonococcal PID and the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and treat ment of this disorder are discussed.
M S, Smith, D A, Eschenbach
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Pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescents
Adolescent Medicine Clinics, 2004Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection of the upper female genital tract. It encompasses an array of inflammatory disorders, including endometritis, parametritis, salpingitis, oophoritis, tubo-ovarian abscess, peritonitis, and perihepatitis.
Chantay, Banikarim, Mariam R, Chacko
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Preventing pelvic inflammatory disease
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1992Effective strategies for preventing pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) are crucial to protect women from adverse reproductive consequences and to avoid substantial economic losses. To identify current PID prevention options and assess their efficacy, we conducted a literature search and examined relevant data in published reports.
A E, Washington +2 more
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Pelvic inflammatory disease in the adolescent
Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 1990We studied 171 women, 106 young adults, and 65 adolescents, with a clinical diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) to determine whether differences existed in the presentation in these two groups. The study population was an age-stratified, random sample obtained from 1162 women with this condition.
M R, Spence, J, Adler, R, McLellan
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Pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescents
Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2006We discuss the epidemiology, risk factors, microbiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescents.Young age is one of the most important risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases and pelvic inflammatory disease.
M Rosanna, Gray-Swain +1 more
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Medicine, 2010
Abstract Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection of the endometrium, fallopian tubes, and adnexae caused by a wide variety of bacteria, including Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and genital tract bacteria, most notably anaerobes.
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Abstract Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection of the endometrium, fallopian tubes, and adnexae caused by a wide variety of bacteria, including Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and genital tract bacteria, most notably anaerobes.
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Pelvic inflammatory disease and sepsis
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2003Pelvic inflammatory disease affects approximately 1 million women per year in the United States alone and has a variety of causative organisms. Because the diagnosis of PID is based on clinical judgment, health care providers need to be guided by the CDC recommendations for diagnosing and treating PID.
Judy D, Dulin, Mary C, Akers
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PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE IN ADOLESCENTS
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1999Pelvic inflammatory disease is the most significant consequence of sexually transmitted infections. Statistics suggest that adolescents have a significantly higher rate of PID than does any other age group. Even asymptomatic and minimally symptomatic PID can lead to adhesions, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy, so clinicians should maintain a high ...
M A, Lawson, M J, Blythe
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