MDCT for suspected appendicitis in the elderly: Diagnostic performance and patient outcome

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-33

  Pooler, B Dustin ^a   Lawrence, Edward M ^a   Pickhardt, Perry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Complications; CT; Diagnostic performance; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858702542     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-011-1002-3     Document Type: Article

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