Impact of Abdominal Helical Computed Tomography on the Rate of Negative Appendicitis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-11

  Guss, David A ^a   Behling, Cynthia A ^b   Munassi, Dominick ^c  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University Medical Center of Southern Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

appendicitis; helical computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37849014059     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.07.062     Document Type: Article

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