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OBJECTIVE
To determine whether the use of dimenhydrinate was associated with delay in the diagnosis and management of treatable illnesses or with direct adverse effects in children with vomiting presenting to an emergency department.
METHODS
Questionnaire survey and review of drug reaction and
Diagnosis of the cause of lower abdominal pain in women may be difficult because appendicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease often present similarly. In a prospective study of 118 women, we found that several criteria are useful in establishing this differential. These include (1) duration of
OBJECTIVE
To critically evaluate the available evidence base concerned with the diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) based on clinical presentation, and to investigate the relation between signs and symptoms and the presence of laparoscopically diagnosed PID using the largest available
A 19-yr-old adolescent, who was hospitalized because of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) due to Chlamydia trachomatis, developed bile-stained emesis. A mild amount of free fluid in the pelvis was found on abdominal ultrasound but there was no sonographic evidence of a pelvic mass or of a
BACKGROUND
Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common presentation to emergency abdominal surgery. The most frequent causes of SBO are congenital, postoperative adhesions, abdominal wall hernia, internal hernia and malignancy.
METHODS
A 27-year-old woman was hospitalized because of acute abdominal
BACKGROUND
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a common clinical syndrome with highest rates in adolescents, but no studies have singularly focused on this population in relationship to established guidelines for diagnosis and treatment. The study objective was to assess knowledge of diagnosis and
A thirty-three year old female presented to our emergency department complaining of severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. On physical examination she was hypotensive with a firm, tender abdomen, cervical motion tenderness and a diffuse erythematous rash. A surgical diagnosis of Acute Pelvic
OBJECTIVE
We aimed to develop a clinical prediction rule to distinguish pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) from acute appendicitis in women of childbearing age.
METHODS
We reviewed medical records over a 4-year period of female patients of childbearing age who had presented with abdominal pain at an
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to identify factors that can predict clinical course among patients hospitalized with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
METHODS
Ninety-three patients who needed hospitalization with a diagnosis of PID were retrospectively studied. Patients who were discharged
A multicenter randomized comparative trial was done to assess the safety and efficacy of oral ofloxacin (400 mg twice daily for 10 days) versus cefoxitin (2 g intramuscularly) followed by doxycycline (100 mg twice daily orally for 10 days) for the outpatient treatment of uncomplicated pelvic
Eleven cases of pneumococcal infection of abdominal and pelvic origin that occurred in previously healthy adults are described. All cases occurred in women who were admitted to a county hospital in Norway with acute abdominal symptoms such as pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Explorative
BACKGROUND
The estimated annual global burden of miscarriage is 33 million out of 210 million pregnancies. Many women undergoing miscarriage have surgery to remove pregnancy tissues, resulting in miscarriage surgery being one of the most common operations performed in hospitals in low-income
A 44-year-old Caucasian female with a history of endometriosis is admitted to the intensive care unit due to severe left lower quadrant abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. With patients' positive chandelier sign on pelvic examination, leucocytosis, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and
OBJECTIVE
We determined the incidence of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (FHCS) in adolescents who had mild to moderately severe pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
METHODS
Prospective cohort study.
METHODS
Harris County Juvenile Detention Center, April 2000-April 2006.
METHODS
Incarcerated female
OBJECTIVE
To quantify the relative benefits and harms of different management options for first-trimester miscarriage.
METHODS
MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register searches (1966 to July 2004), including references of retrieved articles.
METHODS
Randomized trials assigning women