Female patient self-diagnosis compared with emergency physician diagnosis of urinary tract infection

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 969-973

  Donofrio, Jill C ^a   Weiner, Scott G ^b  

^a Kent Hospital   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

self diagnosis; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CITROBACTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DYSURIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

SELF-DIAGNOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888638615     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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