ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Acute Pelvic Pain in the Reproductive Age Group

• Published in: Ultrasound quarterly Vol. 27; no. 3; p. 205
• Main Authors: Andreotti, Rochelle F, Lee, Susanna I, Dejesus Allison, Sandra O, Bennett, Genevieve L, Brown, Douglas L, Dubinsky, Theodore, Glanc, Phyllis, Javitt, Marcia C, Mitchell, Donald G, Podrasky, Ann E, Shipp, Thomas D, Siegel, Cary Lynn, Wong-You-Cheong, Jade J, Zelop, Carolyn M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2011
• Subjects: Acute Pain - diagnosis; Acute Pain - etiology; Critical Care - methods; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Imaging - methods; Female; Humans; Pelvic Pain - diagnosis; Pelvic Pain - etiology; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Premenopause; United States; United States

Premenopausal women who present with acute pelvic pain frequently pose a diagnostic dilemma, exhibiting nonspecific signs and symptoms, the most common being nausea, vomiting, and leukocytosis. Diagnostic considerations encompass multiple organ systems, including obstetric, gynecologic, urologic, ga...