Accuracies of diagnostic methods for acute appendicitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-106

  Park, Jong Seob ^a   Jeong, Jin Ho ^a   Lee, Jong In ^b   Lee, Jong Hoon ^a   Park, Jea Kun ^a   Moon, Hyoun Jong ^a  

^a Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875083279     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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