The use of tagged white blood cell scans to diagnose appendicitis in pregnant patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 894-896

  Stewart, David ^a   Grewal, Nina ^a   Choi, Rosa ^a   Waxman, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750722444     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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