A prospective randomized study of clinical assessment versus computed tomography for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Surgical Infections

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-239

  Hong, John J ^a   Cohn, Stephen M ^a   Ekeh, A Peter ^a   Newman, Martin ^a   Salama, Moises ^a   Leblang, Suzanne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0242574973     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109629603322419562     Document Type: Article

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