Medical Student Research Forum Posters

The overall rate of Chlamydia trachomatis in pregnant women in the United States was found to be 1843 per 100,000 births from 2016 to 2018 and had a 2% increase from 2016 to 2018. Untreated Chlamydia infection of the cervix in pregnant women can be transmitted vertically and lead to preventable adverse birth outcomes including preterm delivery, low birth weight, neonatal conjunctivitis, and neonatal pneumonia. Current recommendations from the CDC include screening of all pregnant women. To determine if emergency department providers are screening patients with positive pregnancy tests for chlamydia according to CDC guidelines. To examine patient characteristics that may help lead to developing criteria for screening for chlamydia in pregnant patients in the ED setting