Appendix not seen: The predictive value of secondary inflammatory sonographic signs

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 435-439

  Estey, Andrea ^a   Poonai, Naveen ^b   Lim, Rodrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

appendicitis; diagnosis; radiography; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHLEGMON; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876408670     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318289e8d5     Document Type: Article

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