Scoring systems in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in the elderly;Yaşlılarda akut apandisit tanısında skorlama sistemleri

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 396-400

  Konan, Ali ^a   Hayran, Mutlu ^a   Kilic, Yusuf Alper ^a   Karakoc, Derya ^a   Kaynaroglu, Volkan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Alvarado score; Elderly; Lintula score

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGED; ALVARADO SCORE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE SOUND; LINTULA SCORE; MALE; NAUSEA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80054050741     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5505/tjtes.2011.03780     Document Type: Article

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