Diagnosing acute appendicitis: are we overusing radiologic investigations?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2239-2241

  Wong, Kenneth K Y ^a   Cheung, Tammy W Y ^a   Tam, Paul K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Computer tomography; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56449085473     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.054     Document Type: Article

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