Predicting negative appendectomy by using demographic, clinical, and laboratory parameters: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-118

  Mohebbi, Hassan Ali ^a   Mehrvarz, Shaban ^b   Kashani, Mohsen Towliat ^b   Kabir, Ali ^a   Moharamzad, Yashar ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University Baqyatallah Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Negative appendectomy; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 43049114199     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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