Influence of imaging on the negative appendectomy rate in pregnancy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-50

  Wallace, Carmelita A ^a   Petrov, Maxim S ^a   Soybel, David I ^a   Ferzoco, Stephen J ^a   Ashley, Stanley W ^a   Tavakkolizadeh, Ali ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; CT; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 38149065227     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0377-7     Document Type: Article

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