Acute abdomen; pre and post-laparotomy diagnosis

International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 157-165

  Laal, Marjan ^a   Mardanloo, Armita ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Diagnosis; Laparotomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; IRAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULSE RATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; X RAY;

EID: 77953433800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18404529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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