'To have ... or not to have'. Should computed tomography and ultrasonography be implemented as a routine work-up for patients with suspected acute appendicitis in a regional hospital?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-21

  Chiang, David T W ^a,c   Tan, Elaine I ^b   Birks, David ^a  

^a LATROBE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Breed St Clinic   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Clinical assessment; CT scan; District general hospital; RIF; RLQ; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38949123993     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X242259     Document Type: Article

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