Accuracy of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis Compared With the Surgeon's Clinical Impression

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 1039-1046

  Wade, David S ^a,b   Morrow, Stephen E ^a,b   Balsara, Zubin N ^a   Burkhard, Thomas ^a   Goff, Walter B ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0027164504     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1993.01420210103014     Document Type: Article

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