Meta-analysis of the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of appendicitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-37

  Andersson, R E B ^a  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GRANULOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDLINE; PARAMETER; PERCUSSION; PERITONEUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBOUND; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW;

APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642580599     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4464     Document Type: Review

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