A diagnostic score for children with suspected appendicitis

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 390, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-170

  Lintula, Hannu ^a   Pesonen, Erkki ^b   Kokki, Hannu ^a,b   Vanamo, Kari ^a   Eskelinen, Matti ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Diagnostic score

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 16844365417     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-005-0545-8     Document Type: Article

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