Pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescents: high incidence and recurrence rates in an urban teen clinic
Kelly, A.M.; Ireland, M.; Aughey, D.
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 17(6): 383-388
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 1083-3188 PMID: 15603980 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2004.09.017Document Number: 240312
To determine pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) incidence and recurrence rates in an urban teen clinic. A retrospective chart review of female patients seen as outpatients over an 18-month period at an urban teen clinic. 192 patients were diagnosed with PID, and the charts of these patients were reviewed in depth. PID incidence and recurrence rates. A PID incidence of 9.7% was identified. Of the adolescent females diagnosed with PID, 47% had recurrent PID. Of the females with recurrent PID, 27% had three or more episodes. Only 36% of adolescent females diagnosed with PID ever reported that their partners had been treated. This study suggests a higher incidence of PID as well as PID recurrence in the present clinic-based adolescent population than previously reported. More accurate monitoring of incidence and recurrence rates in well-defined populations of adolescents should be conducted with the hope of identifying effective avenues of intervention.
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