The impact of ultrasound in suspected acute appendicitis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 573-578

  Gracey, D ^a   McClure, M J ^a  

^a Royal Victoria Hospitals Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247373902     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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