STIs
This common form of birth control can cut down the chance of transmitting or contracting an STI
What is a condom?
This marks the initiation of puberty in females.
What is thelarche or "breast-budding?"
This should be done on all patients prior to initiating birth control.
What is a pregnancy test?
This is the leading cause of death in adolescents in the United States.
What is car accidents?
PCOS is defined by elevation of what biochemical marker (s).
What is free-testosterone or total testosterone?
(Daily Double)
This is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection.
What is Chlamydia?
(Daily Double)
Coarse, curly but not extending to the medial thigh.
What is Tanner 4 pubic hair?
This method of birth control can result in a typical use failure rate of up to 15%.
What is a condom?
This demographic has the highest rate of binge drinking among adolescents.
What is white males?
This condition should always be ruled out during the evaluation of a patient for amenorrhea.
What is pregnancy?
Diagnosed by the visualization of motile protozoa on a wet mount.
What is trichomonas?
This tanner stage corresponds to the peak height velocity in boys.
What is tanner 3-4?
This common neurological condition is a contraindication to estrogen use.
What is migraine with aura?
(Daily Double)
This group (age and gender) is at the highest risk for contracting a STI.
What is adolescent females between the ages of 15 and 24 years?
This is the most common mass found in adolescent girls.
What is fibroadenoma?
This antibiotic/s (route and dose) is recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated Gonorrhea infections.
Ceftriaxone -1G IM
This chest wall finding is present in approximately 50% of pubertal males.
What is gynecomastia?
This condition could manifest as acute onset of chest pain in a 16 year old female on Ortho-Evra.
What is a pulmonary embolism?
These factors would be concerning for an increased risk of attempted suicide in a depressed adolescent.
What are having a gun in the home, have a friend or relative who has completed a suicide attempt, and substance use?
Thoughts of killing oneself, harming another person, or physical or sexual abuse.
What are reasons to breach confidentiality?
This can be a complication of PID that manifests by peri-hepatic inflammation and right upper quadrant abdominal pain.
What is Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome?
This karotype is manifest by 47, XXY and may result in delay of puberty.
What is Klinefelter syndrome?
What is 3-5 days?
These other 3 causes account for the rest of the majority of adolescent mortality.
What are other unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide?
Depletion of phosphorus in an eating disorder patient is suggestive of this complication in management.
What is re-feeding syndrome?