Ultrasound, computed tomography, and laboratory findings in the diagnosis of appendicitis

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-273

  Johansson, E P ^a,c   Rydh, A ^b   Riklund, K Åhlström ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdomen GI; Appendix; CT; Inflammation; Surgery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROTEINS; RADIOLOGY; SURGERY;

APPENDICITIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP); CLINICAL IMPACT; LEUKOCYTE PARTICLE COUNT (LPC);

ULTRASONICS;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDICITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247146964     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850601182162     Document Type: Article

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