Trends in Illness Severity and Length of Stay in Inner-city Adolescents Hospitalized for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 289-293

  Kaul, Paritosh ^a   Stevens Simon, Catherine ^a   Saproo, Arti ^a   Coupey, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT, HOSPITALIZED; AGE FACTORS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51349146488     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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