Acute abdomen: Suspected appendicitis: Computed tomography: Surprise

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 536-537

  Swischuk, Leonard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

acute abdomen; appendicitis; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING; COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954881041     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181e62ddb     Document Type: Article

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