Decreased use of computed tomography with a modified clinical scoring system in diagnosis of pediatric acute appendicitis

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-67

  Rezak, Amy ^a   Abbas, Hussain M A ^b   Ajemian, Michael S ^b   Dudrick, Stanley J ^b   Kwasnik, Edward M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MODIFIED ALVARADO SCORING SYSTEM; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78751682783     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.297     Document Type: Article

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