Diagnostic values of ultrasound and the Modified Alvarado Scoring System in acute appendicitis

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nasiri, Shirzad ^a   Mohebbi, Fatemeh ^a   Sodagari, Nassim ^a   Hedayat, Anushiravan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Modified Alvarado Scoring System (MASS); Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED ALVARADO SCORING SYSTEM; NAUSEA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REBOUND; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOMITING;

EID: 84865248376     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-5-26     Document Type: Article

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