An interdisciplinary initiative to reduce radiation exposure: Evaluation of appendicitis in a pediatric emergency department with clinical assessment supported by a staged ultrasound and computed tomography pathway

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1258-1265

  Ramarajan, Naresh ^a   Krishnamoorthi, Rajesh ^b   Barth, Richard ^a   Ghanouni, Pejman ^a   Mueller, Claudia ^a   Dannenburg, Bernard ^a   Wang, N Ewen ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Pediatrics; Public health; Radiographic imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73249118892     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00511.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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