Is female sex associated with ED delays to diagnosis of appendicitis in the computed tomography era?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 856-858

  Donlan, Sarah McGann ^a   Mycyk, Mark B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 68349097549     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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