Clinical value of leukocyte counts in evaluation of patients with suspected appendicitis in emergency department;Acil serviste apandisitten kuşkulanılan hastaların deǧerlendirilmesinde lökosit sayımlarının klinik deǧeri

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 474-478

  Tamanna, Mohammad Zikrullah ^a   Eram, Uzma ^b   Al Harbi, Turki Mohsen ^a   Alrashdi, Saleh Awad ^a   Khateeb, Shafkat Ullah ^a   Aladhrai, Saleem Ahmed ^a   Hussain, Abdul Muthalib ^a  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Leukocyte counts

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; AREA UNDER CURVE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872969579     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5505/tjtes.2012.83652     Document Type: Article

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