MedicineGynecologyPediatricsAdolescent GynecologyAdolescent HealthAdolescent MedicineCervical InflammationPelvic ExaminationPelvic Inflammatory DiseasePelvic Inflammatory Disease ImagingPelvic Inflammatory Disease TreatmentReproductive Tract InflammationAdolescent Pelvic Inflammatory DiseaseChronic Pelvic InflammationPelvic Inflammatory Disease EpidemiologyPelvic Inflammatory Disease ManagementPelvic Inflammatory Disease Staging
The most important medical and economic complication of sexually transmitted disease presently for young women is the development of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and its associated sequelae of ectopic pregnancy and infertility. This chapter discusses the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and sequelae of PID, with emphasis on the adolescent female.