Clinical approach to a child with abdominal pain who might have appendicitis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-14

  Klein, Michael D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Child

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751580494     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0320-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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