Identifying acute cervicitis in an era of less-frequent routine gynecologic examinations
| Autor: | Margaret Allen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Complications of pregnancy Acute Cervicitis 030231 tropical medicine Sexually Transmitted Diseases Cervicitis Mycoplasma genitalium Asymptomatic Nurse Assisting 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Pelvic inflammatory disease medicine Humans Mycoplasma Infections 030212 general & internal medicine Pregnancy Complications Infectious biology business.industry Obstetrics medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Uterine Cervicitis Acute Disease Female Gynecological Examination Endometritis medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. 31:50-53 |
| ISSN: | 1547-1896 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.jaa.0000530277.12517.69 |
| Popis: | Acute inflammation of the uterine cervix can lead to serious problems such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), endometritis, and complications of pregnancy and childbirth. As intervals for routine gynecologic screening examinations lengthen, cervical infections, especially if asymptomatic, may be missed. Annual wellness examinations and other patient visits outside routine gynecologic cancer screening visits should include brief evaluation with sexual risk assessment and a gynecologic examination if indicated. If cervicitis persists after standard treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), consider Mycoplasma genitalium. Clinicians should be sensitive to the fact that the unexpected presence of infection may cause distress. |
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