Differential diagnosis of abdominal pain in women of childbearing age. Appendicitis or pelvic inflammatory disease?

Adv Nurse Pract. 2004 Jan;12(1):40-5; quiz 45-6.
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Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Abdominal Pain / nursing
  • Appendicitis / complications*
  • Appendicitis / diagnosis*
  • Appendicitis / nursing
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Emergency Nursing / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Nursing Assessment / methods
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / complications*
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / diagnosis*
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / nursing