title: A is for aphorism - a woman is pregnant until proven otherwise.
abstract: I arrived late at my shift in the emergency department, direct from a session in general practice. The nursing staff had an 'easy' patient for me: a woman, 19 years of age, with pelvic pain and dysuria, whose urinanalysis showed white cells and nitrites.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Evidence Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. jdoust@bond.edu.au
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doust
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003933:Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult