Table 2.
Characteristics of Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) Visits
| N = 109 PED visits | |
|---|---|
| Age at PED visit, years | |
| Mean ± SD | 15 ± 1.9 |
| Median | 15 |
| Range | 9–18 |
| Chief complaint, n (%) | |
| Injury | 24 (22) |
| Infectious symptoms | 20 (18) |
| Asthma | 8 (7) |
| GU/GYN | 4 (4) |
| Abdominal pain | 4 (4) |
| Behavioral Complaint | 3 (3) |
| Other | 46 (42) |
| Sexual history documented, n (%) | |
| Yes | 13 (12) |
| No | 96 (88) |
| Pregnancy test sent,an (%) | |
| Yes | 8 (31) |
| No | 18 (69) |
| Any STI testing,bn (%) | |
| Yes | 6 (6) |
| No | 103 (94) |
a
n = 26 PED visits for seven female patients.
b
STI testing includes testing for gonorrhea/chlamydia (five visits), trichomonas (two visits), syphilis (two visits), HIV (two visits), hepatitis B (one visit).
GU/GYN, genitourinary or gynecologic; PED, pediatric emergency department; SD, standard deviation; STI, sexually transmitted infection.