CT for suspected appendicitis in children: An analysis of diagnostic errors

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-337

  Taylor, George A ^a   Callahan, Michael J ^a   Rodriguez, Diana ^a   Smink, Douglas S ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Child; CT; Diagnostic errors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645748464     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-0079-9     Document Type: Review

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