A 22-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with a 2-day history of worsening lower abdominal pain, nausea, and fever. Her temperature is 38.6°C (101.5°F). She is sexually active with a new partner and does not use barrier contraception. Arrange the following steps in the most appropriate clinical sequence for her diagnostic workup and management, culminating in the treatment of complicated pelvic inflammatory disease.
- 1Perform a physical and bimanual pelvic examination to assess for cervical motion and adnexal tenderness.
- 2Obtain a pregnancy test to rule out ectopic pregnancy and collect endocervical swabs for nucleic acid amplification testing.
- 3Order a transvaginal ultrasound to evaluate for a tubo-ovarian abscess due to the severe clinical presentation.
- 4Admit the patient to the hospital and initiate intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy.
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The correct sequence is: physical and bimanual examination, followed by a pregnancy test and NAAT, then transvaginal ultrasound, and finally inpatient admission for intravenous antibiotics.
The standard evaluation of suspected pelvic inflammatory disease begins with a physical and bimanual pelvic exam to confirm clinical signs. This is immediately followed by a pregnancy test to rule out ectopic pregnancy and swabs for NAAT. Because this patient has a high fever and severe symptoms, a transvaginal ultrasound is then performed to evaluate for complications like a tubo-ovarian abscess. Finally, the presence of severe symptoms or a tubo-ovarian abscess necessitates hospital admission for intravenous antibiotics.
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Evaluation and management escalation of complicated pelvic inflammatory disease
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