Acute cystitis in women: Experience with a telephone-based algorithm

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 326-329

  Schauberger, Charles W ^a,b   Merkitch, Ken W ^a   Prell, Ann M ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b 1900 South Ave ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TELECONSULTATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 35848971182     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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