White cell count and diagnosing appendicitis in children

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 428-429

  Williams, Robert ^a   Mackway Jones, Kevin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE;

APPENDICITIS; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0036712115     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.5.428-b     Document Type: Short Survey

References (4)

1. Leucocyte counts in the diagnosis and prognosis of acute appendicitis in children
2. The white cell count in acute appendicitis. A prospective blind study
3. C-reactive protein compared with white blood cell count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children
4. Leucocyte count and neutrophil percentage in appendicectomy for suspected appendicitis