Low rates of pregnancy screening in adolescents before teratogenic exposures in a national sample of children's hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents with cancer engage in sexual behaviors and are exposed to teratogenic chemotherapy. There are no data regarding pregnancy screening patterns for adolescents before chemotherapy exposure.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of leukemia and emergency room (ER) admissions in the Pediatric Health Information System from 1999 to 2011 was conducted. Females who were 10 to 18 years old and 1) had newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or 2) had ER visits with computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen/pelvis were included. The exposure was a hospital visit with either chemotherapy or an abdominal/pelvic CT scan. The main outcome was a pregnancy test billed on the same day or before the teratogenic exposure within the same

SUBMITTER: Rao P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5672622 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature