Ultrasonography aids decision-making in children with abdominal pain

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 405-409

  Scammell, S ^a   Lansdale, N ^a   Sprigg, A ^a   Campbell, D ^a   Marven, S ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdomen,acute; Appendicitis; Child; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960165853     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588411X582672     Document Type: Article

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