Receiver operating characteristic analysis of the diagnostic performance of a computed tomographic examination and the alvarado score for diagnosing acute appendicitis: Emphasis on age and sex of the patients

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 386-391

  Sun, Joo Sung ^a   Noh, Hyun Woo ^a   Min, Young Gi ^a   Lee, Jei Hee ^a   Kim, Jai Keun ^a   Park, Kyung Joo ^a   Kang, Doo Kyung ^a   Kim, Jang Hee ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adult; Appendectomy; Appendicitis diagnosis; Differential diagnosis; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITI/DIAGNOSE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS;

IOPAMIDOL; IOPROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVARADO SCORE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGE; APPENDICITIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849140873     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31812e4b54     Document Type: Article

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