Computerized tomography in the workup of pediatric appendicitis: Why are children scanned?

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 716-721

  Ladd, Mitchell R ^a   Neff, Lucas P ^a   Becher, Robert D ^a   Gallaher, Jared R ^a   Pranikoff, Thomas ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863095506     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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