EDs should be aware of sexually transmitted infection risk in patients
Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 05:30
in Health & Medicine
All adolescent females who show up in the emergency department (ED) complaining primarily of lower abdominal pain and/or urinary or genital symptoms should be tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to the authors of a study to be presented Saturday, April 30, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver.