Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Nov 2008
Subsequent sexually transmitted infection after outpatient treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease.
To determine the frequency of recurrent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and/or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), the average time until subsequent infection following a baseline PID diagnosis, and age- and insurance-related associations with subsequent diagnoses. ⋯ Adolescents treated for PID are at risk for subsequent STI and/or PID for a 48-month period. Given the need to prevent future infections in these vulnerable youths, efforts to explore the value of ongoing strategies for risk reduction after diagnosis are warranted.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Nov 2008
Long-term health status in childhood survivors of meningococcal septic shock.
To assess long-term health status in patients who survived meningococcal septic shock in childhood. ⋯ In patients who survived meningococcal septic shock in childhood, one-third showed long-term neurological impairments, ranging from mild to severe and irreversible. Patients reported poorer general health as measured by HUI2 and HUI3.