Bet 1: An evaluation of the Alvarado score as a diagnostic tool for appendicitis in children

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1013-1014

  Heineman, John ^a   Drake, David ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ALVARADO SCORE; ANOREXIA; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTESTINE SOUND; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84870026675     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-202054.2     Document Type: Note

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