<\/span><\/p>\n A gynecologic examination is <\/span><\/p>\n The more sensitive pregnancy test, serum <\/span>ß-<\/span>HCG, would not be positive until Question #1 A gynecologic examination is important to establish any evidence of assault. The exam may not be optimal in this situation because some time has passed and the patient likely would have showered causing further loss of evidence. However hymen rupture, lacerations or bruising may be helpful. Additionally, STD’s including GC, gonorrhea, and….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1539,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1542","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1544,"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1542\/revisions\/1544"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nimportant to establish any evidence of assault. <\/span>The exam may not be optimal in this situation because some time
\nhas passed and the patient likely would have showered causing further loss of
\nevidence. <\/span>However hymen rupture,
\nlacerations or bruising may be helpful.
\n<\/span>Additionally, STD’s including GC, gonorrhea, and HIV, should be ruled
\nout. <\/span>It would be too early for any
\nsigns of pregnancy from this assault to be present. <\/span>The patient should be examined generally for signs of trauma and
\nmental distress.<\/span><\/p>\n
\na week after conception. <\/span>Therefore,
\naside from ruling out any prior pregnancy, it would not be of any value in
\nevaluating patients for emergency contraception.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"