Prospective evaluation of a clinical decision guideline to diagnose spinal epidural abscess in patients who present to the emergency department with spine pain: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 765-770

  Davis, Daniel P ^a   Salazar, Anthony ^a   Chan, Theodore C ^a   Vilke, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Decision guideline; Emergency department; Infection; Paraplegia; Spinal epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PAIN;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958023750     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.SPINE1091     Document Type: Article

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