Mentally handicapped institutionalized patients: a five-year review of gynecologic examinations performed under general anesthesia.
The validity of the practice of routine examination of mentally handicapped women under general anesthesia was evaluated via a retrospective chart review at Yale New Haven hospital for a five-year period. In the absence of a history of abnormal bleeding or discharge, this select population of low risk women had a zero incidence of gonorrhea and chlamydia, and no cervical dysplasia.
Richman
Susan M
SM
Yale New Haven Hospital Women's Center, New Haven, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D012189:Retrospective Studies