A prospective audit of 300 consecutive young women with an acute presentation of right iliac fossa pain

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-143

  Rennie, Adam T M ^a   Tytherleigh, Matthew G ^a   Theodoroupolou, Katerina ^a   Farouk, Ridzuan ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicectomy; Appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644949001     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X94887     Document Type: Article

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