Accuracy of admitting diagnosis in acute surgical patients by non consultant hospital doctors

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 108-109

  Cheema, S T M ^a,c   Sotirovic, S ^a   Ahmad, K ^a   Grace, P ^b   Naqvi, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 19644365311     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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