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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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 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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Shift work influences the outcomes of Chlamydia infection and pathogenesis. Sci Rep. 2020 09 21; 10(1):15389.
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Adult Female with Abdominal Pain. West J Emerg Med. 2015 Dec; 16(7):1198.
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Index of suspicion. Pediatr Rev. 2014 Feb; 35(2):88-93.
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Ovarian cancer: etiology, risk factors, and epidemiology. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Mar; 55(1):3-23.
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Sexually transmitted infections in adolescent women. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jun; 51(2):306-18.
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Right-lower-quadrant pain and suspected appendicitis in pregnant women: evaluation with MR imaging--initial experience. Radiology. 2005 Feb; 234(2):445-51.
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Use of C-reactive protein to predict the outcome of medical management of tuboovarian abscesses. J Reprod Med. 1988 Jan; 33(1 Suppl):164-7.
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Surgical approaches to pelvic infections in women. J Reprod Med. 1988 Jan; 33(1 Suppl):159-63.
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Overview of therapeutic and prophylactic antibiotics in obstetrics and gynecology. J Reprod Med. 1988 Jan; 33(1 Suppl):144-8.
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Superovulation with intrauterine insemination in the treatment of infertility: a possible alternative to gamete intrafallopian transfer and in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril. 1987 Sep; 48(3):441-5.