Emergency department management of adolescents with urinary complaints: missed opportunities.
Practice recommendations for the evaluation of adolescents with urinary complaints advise taking a sexual history and testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In this emergency department chart review, 30% lacked a documented sexual history and 49% of sexually active patients were not STI tested, representing missed opportunities for diagnosis of STIs.
Musacchio
Najah S
NS
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA. najahmusacchio@gmail.com
Gehani
Sejal
S
Garofalo
Robert
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000592:standards*; D008499:Medical Records; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014481:United States; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult