Predictors of non-diagnostic ultrasound scanning in children with suspected appendicitis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-118

  Schuh, Suzanne ^a,c   Man, Carina ^a   Cheng, Adam ^a,b,c   Murphy, Amanda ^a   Mohanta, Arun ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^c   Tomlinson, George ^c   Langer, Jacob C ^d   Doria, Andrea S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FACES PAIN SCORE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 78650013507     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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