What clinical and laboratory parameters determine significant intra abdominal pathology for patients assessed in hospital with acute abdominal pain?

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Abbas, Saleh M ^a   Smithers, Troy ^b   Truter, Etienne ^b  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Rotorua Hospital   (New Zealand)

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EID: 36849034396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-2-26     Document Type: Article

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