An international evaluation of ultrasound vs. computed tomography in the diagnosis of appendicitis

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Reich, Betzalel ^a,c   Zalut, Todd ^b   Weiner, Scott G ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856747547     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-4-68     Document Type: Review

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