The clinical presentation and impact of diagnostic delays on emergency department patients with spinal epidural abscess

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-291

  Davis, Daniel P ^a,c   Wold, Ruth M ^a   Patel, Raj J ^a   Tran, Ailinh J ^b   Tokhi, Rizwan N ^b   Chan, Theodore C ^a   Vilke, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Diagnosis; Epidural abscess; Myelopathy; Spinal infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACK PAIN; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1542404517     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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