Effect of an Imaging Protocol on Clinical Outcomes among Pediatric Patients with Appendicitis [5]

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 626-

  Heij, Hugo A ^a   Offringa, Martin ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1442323848     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.3.626-a     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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4. Kirby CP, Sparnon AL. Active observation of children with possible appendicitis does not increase morbidity. ANZ J Surg. 2001;71:412-413