Acute appendicitis: The reliability of diagnosis by clinical assessment alone

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-206

  Kalliakmanis, V ^a   Pikoulis, E ^b   Karavokyros, I G ^b,d   Felekouras, E ^b   Morfaki, P ^a   Haralambopoulou, G ^a   Panogiorgou, T ^a   Gougoudi, E ^b   Diamantis, T ^b   Leppaniemi A ^c   Tsigris, C ^b  

^a Agrinion General Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Acute appendicitis; Acute appendicitis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; UMBILICUS;

EID: 26844437200     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690509400305     Document Type: Article

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