ACR appropriateness criteria® acute pelvic pain in the reproductive age group

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-210

  Andreotti, Rochelle F ^a   Lee, Susanna I ^b   Dejesus Allison, Sandra O ^c   Bennett, Genevieve L ^d   Brown, Douglas L ^e   Dubinsky, Theodore ^f   Glanc, Phyllis ^g   Javitt, Marcia C ^h   Mitchell, Donald G ⁱ   Podrasky, Ann E ^j   Shipp, Thomas D ^k,l   Siegel, Cary Lynn ^m   Wong You Cheong, Jade J ⁿ   Zelop, Carolyn M ^l,o  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

^k Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

^l AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^m WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

acute; appropriateness criteria; diagnosis; imaging; pelvic pain

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE PELVIS PAIN; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENTERITIS; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TORSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORSION; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URETER STONE;

ACUTE PAIN; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREMENOPAUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052443870     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: 15360253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e318229ff88     Document Type: Article

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