RT Book, Section
A1 Shepherd, Suzanne M.
A1 Weiss, Brian
A1 Shoff, William H.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121492521
T1 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121492521
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  term  pelvic  inflammatory  disease  (PID)  comprises  a  spectrum  of  infections  of  the  female  upper  reproductive  tract.  It  is  a  common  and  serious  disease  initiated  by  ascending  infection  from  the  vagina  and  cervix.  PID  includes  salpingitis,  endometritis,  myometritis,  parametritis,  oophoritis,  and  tubo-ovarian  abscess  and  may  extend  to  produce  periappendicitis,  pelvic  peritonitis,  and  perihepatitis  (Fitz-Hugh–Curtis  syndrome).  PID  is  the  most  common  serious  infection  in  sexually  active  women  age  16  to  25  years.1