TY - JOUR
T1 - Doppler flow characteristics in patients with pelvic inflammatory disease
T2 - Responders versus nonresponders to therapy
AU - Tepper, R.
AU - Aviram, R.
AU - Cohen, N.
AU - Cohen, I.
AU - Holtzinger, M.
AU - Beyth, Y.
PY - 1998/6
Y1 - 1998/6
N2 - Purpose. The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the role of Doppler flow studies in predicting the response to antibiotic treatment in patients with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Methods. The resistance indices in pelvic masses of 24 patients with clinical diagnoses of PID were analyzed. Results. Twelve patients responded favorably to antibiotic treatment (the conservative treatment group), while the other patients showed no clinical improvement and underwent surgery (surgical treatment group). The mean resistance index in the conservative treatment group was significantly higher (0.60 ± 0.15) than that in the surgical treatment group (0.52 ± 0.08; p < 0.05). Conclusions. In keeping with hyperemia of inflammation, fallopian arterial resistance seems to decrease with the severity of PID.
AB - Purpose. The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the role of Doppler flow studies in predicting the response to antibiotic treatment in patients with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Methods. The resistance indices in pelvic masses of 24 patients with clinical diagnoses of PID were analyzed. Results. Twelve patients responded favorably to antibiotic treatment (the conservative treatment group), while the other patients showed no clinical improvement and underwent surgery (surgical treatment group). The mean resistance index in the conservative treatment group was significantly higher (0.60 ± 0.15) than that in the surgical treatment group (0.52 ± 0.08; p < 0.05). Conclusions. In keeping with hyperemia of inflammation, fallopian arterial resistance seems to decrease with the severity of PID.
KW - Color Doppler ultrasonography
KW - Duplex ultrasonography
KW - Pelvic inflammatory disease
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199806)26:5<247::AID-JCU3>3.0.CO;2-C
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199806)26:5<247::AID-JCU3>3.0.CO;2-C
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AN - SCOPUS:0031834552
SN - 0091-2751
VL - 26
SP - 247
EP - 249
JO - Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
JF - Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
IS - 5
ER -