Annual pelvic examination in the sexually active adolescent female: what are we doing and why are we doing it?

Suggests that requiring universal routine pelvic examinations in healthy, asymptomatic, sexually active adolescent females to screen for STDs is not evidence-based and therefore not warranted with the availability of the new urine-based amplified DNA tests. Data do not support the use of universal P...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of adolescent health 1998-08, Vol.23 (2), p.68-73
1. Verfasser:	Shafer, Mary-Ann B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Adolescent girls Adolescent Health Services - standards Cervical cancer Cost-Benefit Analysis Factors Female Humans Mass Screening Pelvic examination Pelvis - pathology Physical Examination - standards Practice Guidelines as Topic Relationship Screening Sexual Behavior Sexual behaviour Sexually Transmitted Diseases - diagnosis Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:	Suggests that requiring universal routine pelvic examinations in healthy, asymptomatic, sexually active adolescent females to screen for STDs is not evidence-based and therefore not warranted with the availability of the new urine-based amplified DNA tests. Data do not support the use of universal Papanicolau smear screening for cervical cancer in otherwise healthy adolescent females. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:	1054-139X 1879-1972
DOI:	10.1016/S1054-139X(98)00066-4