Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
"Pelvic Inflammatory Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A spectrum of inflammation involving the female upper genital tract and the supporting tissues. It is usually caused by an ascending infection of organisms from the endocervix. Infection may be confined to the uterus (ENDOMETRITIS), the FALLOPIAN TUBES; (SALPINGITIS); the ovaries (OOPHORITIS), the supporting ligaments (PARAMETRITIS), or may involve several of the above uterine appendages. Such inflammation can lead to functional impairment and infertility.
| Descriptor ID |
D000292
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.635.500 C13.351.500.056.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Disease, Pelvic Inflammatory
- Diseases, Pelvic Inflammatory
- Inflammatory Diseases, Pelvic
- Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases
- Pelvic Disease, Inflammatory
- Inflammatory Disease, Pelvic
- Inflammatory Pelvic Disease
- Disease, Inflammatory Pelvic
- Diseases, Inflammatory Pelvic
- Inflammatory Pelvic Diseases
- Pelvic Diseases, Inflammatory
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pelvic Inflammatory Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Screening for Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infections: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. 2021 09 14; 326(10):957-966.
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Assessing Trends in Chlamydia Positivity and Gonorrhea Incidence and Their Associations With the Incidence of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Ectopic Pregnancy in Washington State, 1988-2010. Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Jan; 43(1):2-8.
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Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis screening at intrauterine device insertion and pelvic inflammatory disease. Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Dec; 120(6):1314-21.
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Long-term trends in Chlamydia trachomatis infections and related outcomes in a U.S. managed care population. Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Feb; 39(2):81-8.
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Detection of pelvic inflammatory disease: development of an automated case-finding algorithm using administrative data. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2011; 2011:428351.
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Electronic reporting of pelvic inflammatory disease from an emergency department. Sex Transm Dis. 2004 Jun; 31(6):327-30.
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An economic evaluation of a school-based sexually transmitted disease screening program. Sex Transm Dis. 2002 Dec; 29(12):737-45.