Alvarado scoring system in prediction of acute appendicitis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 753-755

  Jalil, Ana ^a   Shah, Syed Aslam ^a   Saaiq, Muhammad ^a   Zubair, Muhammad ^a   Riaz, Umbreen ^a   Habib, Yasir ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Alvarado score; Appendectomy; Appendicectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ALVARADO SCORING SYSTEM; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856065631     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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