Interrater reliability of clinical findings in children with possible appendicitis

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 695-700

  Kharbanda, Anupam B ^a,b   Stevenson, Michelle D ^c   Macias, Charles G ^d   Sinclair, Kelly ^e   Dudley, Nanette C ^f   Bennett, Jonathan ^g   Bajaj, Lalit ^h   Mittal, Manoj K ⁱ   Huang, Craig ^j   Bachur, Richard G ^k   Dayan, Peter S ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^h Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Colorado   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Appendicitis; Clinical prediction rules; Interrater reliability

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WALKING;

EID: 84859408795     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2037     Document Type: Article

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