Which blood tests are most helpful in evaluating pelvic inflammatory disease?

dc.contributor.author	Hall, Mary N.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Leach, Laura	eng
dc.date.issued	2004	eng
dc.description.abstract	No individual or combination of blood tests can reliably diagnose pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)(strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, metaanalysis). The combination of white blood cell count, C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and vaginal white blood cells can reliably exclude PID if results for all 4 tests are normal (sensitivity=100%) (SOR: B, cohort study, reference standard not uniformly applied).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3218	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2004 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 53, no. 04 (April 2004): 326+.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	laparoscopy	eng
dc.subject	diagnostic accuracy	eng
dc.subject	inflammatory sequelae	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Pelvic inflammatory disease	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Genitourinary organs -- Diseases	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Blood -- Analysis	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Laparoscopes	eng
dc.title	Which blood tests are most helpful in evaluating pelvic inflammatory disease?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2004
The items in this collection constitute volume 53 of Clinical Inquiries.