Managing radiation exposure in children - Reexamining the role of ultrasound in the diagnosis of appendicitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2268-2272

  Thirumoorthi, Arul S ^a   Fefferman, Nancy R ^a   Ginsburg, Howard B ^a   Kuenzler, Keith A ^a   Tomita, Sandra S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Computed tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URBAN AREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84870717764     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.09.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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