Diagnostic value of disease history, clinical presentation, and inflammatory parameters of appendicitis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-140

  Andersson, Roland E ^a   Hugander, Anders P ^a   Ghazi, Sam H ^a   Ravn, Hans ^b   Offenbartl, S Karsten ^b   Nyström, Per Olof ^c   Olaison, Gunnar P ^c  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Highland Hospital   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; APPENDICITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032911994     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013174     Document Type: Article

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