Diagnostic score for appendicitis in children by Emergency Unit paediatricians;Puntuación diagnóstica de apendicitis aguda en niños realizada por pediatras de las Unidades de Emergencia

Revista Chilena de Pediatria

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 584-591

  Beltrán A , Marcelo ^a   Almonacid F , Jorge ^a   Gutiérrez C , Jorge ^a   Cruces B , Karina ^a  

^a Hospital de Ovalle   (Chile)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; C reactive protein; Diagnostic score; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PEDIATRICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47249091878     PISSN: 03704106     EISSN: 07176228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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