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Purpose: Adolescents are commonly diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the emergency department (ED). Untreated, STIs can lead to morbidity such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and infertility. Although… Click to show full abstract
Purpose: Adolescents are commonly diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the emergency department (ED). Untreated, STIs can lead to morbidity such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and infertility. Although many patients are presumptively treated in the ED with single dose antibiotics, many are prescribed outpatient treatment. Rates of prescription filling after discharge are unknown. This study sought to determine the frequency of filled prescriptions for adolescents prescribed antibiotics for …
Journal Title: Pediatrics
Year Published: 2019
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