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Table 2 Frequency (percentages) of the symptoms and signs and tenderness at examination among the 189 patients diagnosed with PID.

From: The clinical diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease – reuse of electronic medical record data from 189 patients visiting a Swedish university hospital emergency department

 

percentage

Symptoms

 

Abdominal pain

98

Abnormal vaginal discharge

45

Feelings of sickness

30

Dysuria

27

Fever and/or chills

25

Lower back pain

25

Abnormal bleedings

24

Pain at intercourse

5

Tenderness at examination

 

Uterus and/or motion of cervix and both adnexa

49

Uterus and/or motion of cervix only

20

Uterus and/or motion of cervix and one adnexa

19

Both adnexa (uterus untender)

6

One adnexa (uterus untender)

6