Thursday 19 July 2012

EMedinews:Makesure:A female patient C/O lower abdominal pain, fever and had uterine tenderness on bimanual palpation


Situation: A female patient C/O lower abdominal pain, fever and had uterine tenderness on bimanual palpation.
Reaction: You should do cervical swabs and consider starting antibiotics.
Lesson: Make Sure to remember that a woman with such symptoms may have endometritis, which requires prompt diagnosis and may respond to doxycycline and metronidazole.

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