An outcome study of the use of computed tomography for the diagnosis of appendicitis in a community-based emergency department

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1169-1172

  Mathis, Robert D ^a   Chiumento, Andrea B ^a   Yeh, Benson ^a   Dollieslager, Nita ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Appendicitis; CT scan; Gynecological misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30344481077     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000189972.61824.ec     Document Type: Review

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