Imaging the child with right lower quadrant pain and suspected appendicitis: Current concepts

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 447-453

  Sivit, Carlos J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; CT; Current concepts; US

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST CONTROL; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; IONIZING RADIATION; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942741373     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1179-7     Document Type: Review

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