Reliability and agreement of urodynamics interpretations in a female pelvic medicine center

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-323

  Whiteside, James L ^a,b   Hijaz, Adonis ^a   Imrey, Peter B ^a   Barber, Matthew D ^a   Paraiso, Marie F ^a   Rackley, Raymond R ^a   Vasavada, Sandip P ^a   Walters, Mark D ^a   Daneshgari, Firouz ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENDER; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MICTURITION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URETHRA; URETHRA FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OHIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33748120693     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000227778.77189.2d     Document Type: Article

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