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Clinical judgment in the diagnosis and management of frequency and dysuria in general practice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6424853     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In a study of 40 women with the urethral syndrome and 46 women with conventional urinary tract infection, none of whom was pregnant, general practitioners predicted the diagnosis correctly before the report on the midstream urine specimen was received, as evidenced by their management. They seemed to do this by balancing the symptom of dysuria with the psychological make up of the patient: patients with the urethral syndrome suffered appreciably less dysuria than patients with urinary tract infection; patients with the urethral syndrome suffered appreciably more psychological illness. This ability to distinguish between the two disorders has important clinical and economic implications.
Authors:
T C O'Dowd; J E Smail; R R West
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  British medical journal (Clinical research ed.)     Volume:  288     ISSN:  0267-0623     ISO Abbreviation:  Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)     Publication Date:  1984 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1984-06-21     Completed Date:  1984-06-21     Revised Date:  2008-11-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8302911     Medline TA:  Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1347-9     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Diagnosis, Differential
Family Practice
Female
Humans
Male
Syndrome
Urethra / microbiology
Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis,  therapy
Urination Disorders / diagnosis*,  therapy
Wales

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