Application of the MANTRELS scoring system in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Hsiao, Kuang Hung ^a   Lin, Lung Huang ^a,b   Chen, Der Fang ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Taiwan)

^b CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Children; MANTRELS scoring system

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTREL SCORING SYSTEM; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PARAMETER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26244459481     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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