Appraisal of the modified Alvarado Score for acute appendicitis in adults

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1229-1231

  Al Hashemy, Ahmed M ^a   Seleem, Mohamed I ^a  

^a Armed Forces Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VOMITING;

EID: 5044226133     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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