Evaluation of Ohmann and Eskelinen scores, leukocyte count and ultrasonography findings for diagnosis of appendicitis;Apandisit tamsinda Ohmann ve Eskelinen skorlari ile lökosit sayisi ve ultrasonografi bulgularinin deǧerlendirilmesi

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-81

  Kiyak, Gülten ^a,b,c   Korukluoǧlu, Birol ^a,b   Özgün, Yiǧit ^a,b   Devay, Ali Önder ^a,b   Kuşdemir, Ahmet ^a,b  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Ankara Atatürk Gögüs Hastaliklari Egitim Ve Arastirma Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis diagnosis; Leukocyte; Score; Sensitivity and specificity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449207952     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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