Outpatient follow-up or active clinical observation in patients with nonspecific abdominal pain in the emergency department. A randomized clinical trial

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Onur, O E ^a   Guneysel, O ^a   Unluer, E E ^a   Akoglu, H ^a   Cingi, A ^a   Onur, E ^b   Denizbasi, A ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH SULTAN MEHMET TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Emergency service, Hospital.; Follow up, studies; Monitoring, ambulatory; Observation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATION; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40749139002     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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