Misdiagnosis of appendicitis and the use of diagnostic imaging

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 933-939

  Flum, David R ^a,b   McClure, Timothy D ^b   Morris, Arden ^a   Koepsell, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28044447849     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.04.039     Document Type: Article

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