Emergency Medicine Cases

Ep 182 STIs: Cervicitis, Vulvovaginitis and Urethritis Emergency Recognition and Management

May 9, 2023

56:50

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Importance of Screening for STIs in the Emergency Department

2min

The Importance of History in the Treatment of Serviceitis

5min

How to Make Your Patients Comfortable in the Emergency Department

5min

The Importance of Eliciting Risk Factors for STIs in the Emergency Department

2min

The Most Important Things We Need to Know About Vulvovaginitis Serviceitis

5min

The Role of pH in BV

2min

Trichomonasis: A Common Non-Viral STI Worldwide

2min

How to Treat BV

3min

10.

The Common Causes of Serviceitis and Urethritis

2min

11.

How to Keep Up With the Changes in the World of STIs

5min

12.

The Different Treatments for Mycoplasma Genitalium

5min

13.

Penile Testing for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia

6min

14.

Empirically Treating an STI in the Emergency Department

3min

15.

How to Have a Conversation With Your Partner About Sexual Health

1min

16.

How to Treat Sexual Partners of Patients With STIs

5min

In this Part 1 or our two-part podcast series on STIs we discuss a general approach to cervicitis, vulvovaginitis and urethritis, elucidate some key historical features, debate who needs a pelvic exam in the ED, understand who needs what testing, debate self swabs vs physician taken swabs, dig into some specific under-recognized organisms like Mycoplasma Genitalium, figure out who needs what kind of empiric treatment, sexual partner treatment and which discharge instructions are key...