Evidence-based approach to the diagnosis of appendicitis in children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 690-699

  Kwok, Maria Y ^a   Kim, Michael K ^b   Gorelick, Marc H ^b  

^a Internal Medicine New York Presbyterian   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnostic tests

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PYURIA; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 6044271538     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000142957.34501.8d     Document Type: Review

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