Computerized tomography utilization in children with appendicitis - Differences in referring and children's hospitals

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1061-1065

  Neff, Lucas P ^a   Ladd, Mitchell R ^a   Becher, Robert D ^a   Jordanhazy, Ryan A ^a   Gallaher, Jared R ^a   Pranikoff, Thomas ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALVARADO SCORING SYSTEM; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052061705     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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