Laparoscopic diagnosis of acute pelvic inflammatory disease.
At Ngwelezana Hospital, 103 patients admitted from the outpatient clinic with a diagnosis of pelvic infection were laparoscoped and in only 63 was the diagnosis confirmed. A disturbingly high incidence of ectopic pregnancy (8 patients) was found.
D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000175:diagnosis