Utility of a scoring system in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pediatric age: A retrospective study;Utilità di un sistema a punteggio nella diagnosi di appendicite acuta in età pediatrica: Studio retrospettivo

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 341-346

  Impellizzeri, P ^a   Centonze, A ^a   Antonuccio, P ^a   Turiaco, N ^a   Cifala S ^a   Basile, M ^a   Argento, S ^a   Romeo, C ^a  

^a Policlinico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdomen, acute, diagnosis; Appendicitis, diagnosis; Appendicitis, surgery; Child; Decision support techniques

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; VOMITING;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOMITING;

EID: 0036274745     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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