Leucocyte count and oral temperature are a useful guide to selecting women with right iliac fossa pain for diagnostic laparoscopy

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 425-428

  Singh Ranger, D ^a   Ogadegbe, A ^a  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Laparoscopy; Women

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955296091     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12628812459896     Document Type: Article

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