Prevalence of tubo-ovarian abscess in adolescents diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 621-625

  Mollen, Cynthia J ^a,b   Pletcher, Jonathan R ^a,b   Bellah, Richard D ^a,b   Lavelle, Jane M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Tubo ovarian abscess

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748776282     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000227868.23568.9d     Document Type: Article

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