The use of white blood cell count and left shift in the diagnosis of appendicitis in children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-76

  Wang, Linda T ^a,b   Prentiss, Kimball A ^a,b   Simon, Jill Z ^a,b   Doody, Daniel P ^a,b   Ryan, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Left shift; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TODDLER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947106996     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31802d1716     Document Type: Article

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