Relative value of clinical, laboratory and imaging tools in diagnosing pediatric acute appendicitis

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-233

  Gendel, I ^a   Gutermacher, M ^a   Buklan, G ^a   Lazar, L ^a   Kidron, D ^a   Paran, H ^a   Erez, I ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

acute appendicitis; appendectomy; imaging tools; pediatric diagnosis; predictive value

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80051782995     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: 1439359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1273702     Document Type: Article

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