The Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Children: Outcomes of a Strategy Based on Pediatric Surgical Evaluation

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 29-34

  Kosloske, Ann M ^a,c,d   Love, C Lance ^a   Rohrer, James E ^b   Goldthorn, Jane F ^a,c   Lacey, Stuart R ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c and Epilepsy Clinics   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Computed tomography; CT; Pediatric surgeon

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0346340061     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.1.29     Document Type: Review

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