Acute appendicitis: Effect of increased use of CT on selecting patients earlier

Radiology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 521-526

  Raptopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Katsou, Georgia ^b   Rosen, Max P ^a   Siewert, Bettina ^a   Nahum Goldberg, S ^a   Kruskal, Jonathan B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix, CT; Computed tomography (CT); Utilization

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037294289     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2262012097     Document Type: Article

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