Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

✍ Scribed by David A. Eschenbach (auth.), Daniel V. Landers M.D., Richard L. Sweet M.D. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 220
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease is an in-depth, thorough guide for the clinician on the most common complication of sexually transmitted pathogens. Edited and written by the preeminent experts in the field, this volume presents the etiology, treatment, and diagnosis of PID, as well as chapters on risk factors, epidemiology, and prevention. In addition, the myriad clinical complications and challenges are discussed in chapters on tuboovarian abscess, PID and HIV infection, sequelae of PID, PID in adolescence, and PID in pregnancy. This is a must-have resource for obstetrician-gynecologists, primary care physicians, and all clinicians who provide health care to women of all ages.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Epidemiology of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease....Pages 1-20
Risk Factors for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Associated Sequelae....Pages 21-29
Microbial Etiology of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease....Pages 30-59
Diagnosis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease....Pages 60-75
Treatment of Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease....Pages 76-93
Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Complicating Pelvic Inflammatory Disease....Pages 94-106
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Pregnancy....Pages 107-115
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in the Adolescent Female....Pages 116-138
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and HIV-1 Infection....Pages 139-145
Prevention of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease....Pages 146-151
Long-term Sequelae of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Tubal Factor Infertility, Ectopic Pregnancy, and Chronic Pelvic Pain....Pages 152-169
Histopathology of Genital Tract Infection with C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae....Pages 170-180
Behavioral Aspects of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease....Pages 181-203
Back Matter....Pages 205-210

✦ Subjects

Obstetrics/Perinatology