Irritable bowel syndrome and negative appendectomy: A prospective multivariable investigation

Gut

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 655-660

  Lu, Ching Liang ^a,b   Liu, Chun Chu ^b   Fuh, Jong Ling ^b   Liu, Pei Yi ^b   Wu, Chew Wun ^b   Chang, Full Young ^b   Lee, Shou Dong ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 34247518147     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.112672     Document Type: Article

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