A cross-sectional study showing differences in the clinical diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease according to the experience of clinicians: Implications for training and audit

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 445-451

  Morris, Georgina C ^a,b   Stewart, Catherine M W ^a   Schoeman, Sarah A ^a   Wilson, Janet D ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION KEY CLINICAL CRITERIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEEP DYSPAREUNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIC TENDERNESS; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; SYMPTOM; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WORK EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907281129     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051646     Document Type: Article

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