Application of a diagnostic score for appendicitis by health-related non-physician professionals;Puntuación diagnóstica para apendicitis: Estudio prospectivo de su aplicación por profesionales de salud no-médicos

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-47

  Beltrán, Marcelo A ^a,b,d   Villar M, Raúl ^a,b   Cruces, Karina S ^a,c  

^a Hospital de Ovalle   (Chile)

^b Servicio de Cirugía   (Chile)

^c Unidad de Emergencias   (Chile)

^d NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Emergency room nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644695647     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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