Alvarado score as an admission criterion in children with pain in right iliac fossa

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-165

  Shreef, Khalid S ^a   Waly, Amira Hasan ^a   Abd Elrahman, Sarhan ^a   Abd Elhafez, M A ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis in children; Alvarado score

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; ABDOMEN, ACUTE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77957791684     PISSN: 01896725     EISSN: 09745998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.70417     Document Type: Article

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