Clinical prediction rule to distinguish pelvic inflammatory disease from acute appendicitis in women of childbearing age

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-157

  Morishita, Koji ^a   Gushimiyagi, Masanori ^b   Hashiguchi, Mikio ^b   Stein, Gerald H ^c,d   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^e  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Hokubu Hospital   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e St Luke's Life Science Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDICITIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846617273     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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