O knowledge, where art thou? Evidence and suspected appendicitis

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1177-1179

  Boehnert, Markus U ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominal CT scan; Abdominal ultrasound; Abdominal X ray; Appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; X RAY;

APPENDICITIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73549115395     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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