Can the efficiency of modified Alvarado scoring system in the diagnosis acute appendicitis be increased with tenesmus?

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 16-20

  Bulus, Hakan ^a   Tas, Adnan ^b   Morkavuk, Baris ^a   Koklu, Seyfettin ^c   Soy, Derya ^d   Coskun, Ali ^e  

^a Kecioren Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Osmaniye Public Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d Kecioren Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^e YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Modified Alvarado scoring system

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GANGRENOUS APPENDICITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED ALVARADO SCORING SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENESMUS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873418174     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-012-0308-9     Document Type: Article

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