Diagnostic accuracy of Alvarado Scoring System in acute appendicitis

Journal of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-96

  Soomro, Abdul Ghani ^a   Siddiqui, Faisal Ghani ^a   Abro, Arshad Hussain ^a   Abro, Shahnawez ^b   Shaikh, Noshad Ahmed ^c   Memon, Abdul Sattar ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Ophthalmology   (India)

^c Liaquat University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Alvarado scoring system; Appendicectomy; Appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAKISTAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING;

EID: 51649115783     PISSN: 17290341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22442/jlumhs.08720152     Document Type: Article

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