Comparison of pediatric emergency physicians' and surgeons' evaluation and diagnosis of appendicitis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Kharbanda, Anupam B ^a   Fishman, Steven J ^b   Bachur, Richard G ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURGEON; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY;

EID: 39749146072     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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