Combination of skin temperature and a single white cell count does not improve diagnostic accuracy in acute appendicitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 499-

  Middleton, S B ^a   Whitbread, T ^a   Morgans, B T ^a   Mason, P F ^a,b  

^a Prncs Alexandra's Roy AF Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029971324     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830419     Document Type: Article

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