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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Minimum diagnostic criteria, Definitive criteria, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Studies, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Medications, Inpatient regimens, Outpatient regimens, Surgery, Outcome, Follow-Up, Complications, Prognosis, When to Admit, References,
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Topics Discussed: pelvic inflammatory disease.
Excerpt: | |  Uterine, adnexal, or cervical motion tenderness should be treated as PID with antibiotics unless there is a competing diagnosis such as ectopic pregnancy or appendicitis
The following criteria may be used to enhance the specificity of the diagnosis | | – Oral temperature > 38.3°C – Abnormal cervical or vaginal discharge with white cells on saline microscopy (> 1 leukocyte per epithelial cell) – Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate – Elevated C-reactive protein – Laboratory documentation of cervical infection with N gonorrhoeae or C trachomatis – Endocervical culture should be performed routinely, but treatment should not be delayed while awaiting results |
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