Ultrasonography and clinical observation in women with suspected acute appendicitis: A prospective cohort study

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-168

  Poortman, Pieter ^a,d   Oostvogel, Henk ^a   Lohle, Paul ^a   Cuesta, Miguel ^b   De Lange De Klerk, Elly ^b   Hamming, Jaap ^c  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^d Waterlandhospital Purmerend   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Diagnostic laparoscopy; Non pregnant women of reproductive age; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREGNANCY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURGICAL INFECTION; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449179608     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213650     Document Type: Article

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