Toward improving the diagnosis and the treatment of adolescent pelvic inflammatory disease in emergency departments: Results of a brief, educational intervention

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-92

  Balamuth, Fran ^a   Zhao, Huaqing ^b   Mollen, Cynthia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Biostatistics and Data Management Core   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABBREVIATED TEACHING TOOL; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDIATRICIAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PEDIATRICS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76949084390     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181cdf349     Document Type: Article

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