Curriculum of Gynecology
TOPIC 66
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
RATIONALE
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) is a common cause of infertility and chronic pelvic pain. It is a largely preventable cause of womens morbidity. Understanding its causes and their prevention will help markedly in reducing their complications.
GOAL
Understand etiological and predisposing factors, pathology and complications, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis as well as prevention and treatment of PID
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
l Define PID and its types (acute, chronic)
l List causes of acute PID
l State the pathology of PID
l List predisposing factors of acute PID
l Recognize clinical features of PID
l List and interpret investigations of PID
l Describe the management of PID
l List complications of PID
l List causes of chronic PID
l Describe the pathology of specific and nonspecific chronic PID
l Describe the clinical picture and investigations of chronic PID
l Describe the preventive measures and treatment of chronic PID (specific and nonspecific)
l Take an adequate history of acute and chronic PID
CONTENT
l Microbiology of acute and chronic PID
l Predisposing factors of PID
l Clinical picture and presentation of acute and chronic PID
l Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of PID
l Management of PID
