Can Perforated Appendicitis Be Diagnosed Preoperatively Based on Admission Factors?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 470-474

  Oliak, David ^a   Yamini, Dan ^a   Udani, Vikram M ^a   Lewis, Roger J ^a   Vargas, Hernan ^a   Arnell, Tracey ^a   Stamos, Michael J ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Pathology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034269136     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(00)80088-8     Document Type: Article

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