Derivation of a clinical prediction rule for evaluating patients with abdominal pain and diarrhea

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-453

  Chen, Esther H ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Dean, Anthony J ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a   Robey, Jennifer L ^a   Sease, Keara L ^a   Mills, Angela M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41849136469     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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