Diagnosis of acute appendicitis

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 115-119

  Petroianu, Andy ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Clinics; Diagnosis; Imaging; Laboratory; Physical exam

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; BACTERIURIA; CECUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR SCOLIOSIS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHILIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYURIA; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 84860112257     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.02.006     Document Type: Review

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