The 'Dr Google' phenomenon-missed appendicitis

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1367, 2012, Pages 135-137

  Avery, Neil ^a   Ghandi, Jamish ^a   Keating, John ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NAUSEA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TACHYCARDIA; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEARCH ENGINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84872791557     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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