CT scan in patients with suspected appendicitis: Clinical implications for the acute care surgeon

European Surgical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-219

  Petrosyan, M ^a   Estrada, J ^a   Chan, S ^a   Somers, S ^a   Yacoub, W N ^a   Kelso, R L ^a   Mason, R J ^a,b  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alvarado score, acute appendicitis; Appendicitis; CT scan, appendicitis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 39149126970     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110863     Document Type: Article

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