Prospective validation of two systems of classification for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-169

  Escribá, Alexandre ^a   Gamell, Anna Maria ^a   Fernández, Yolanda ^a   Quintillá, Jose María ^a   Cubells, Carlos Luaces ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

abdominal ultrasonography; Acute appendicitis; score

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALVARADO SCORE; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GANGRENE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHILIA; PAIN; PEDIATRIC APPENDICITIS SCORE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR NEUTROPHILIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SPAIN;

EID: 79952991790     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31820d6460     Document Type: Article

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