Clinical decision-making, ultrasonography, and scores for evaluation of suspected acute appendicitis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 578-584

  Zielke, Andreas ^a   Sitter, Helmut ^a   Rampp, Thomas ^a   Bohrer, Thomas ^a   Rothmund, Matthias ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035026891     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002680020078     Document Type: Article

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