Performance of ultrasound in the diagnosis of appendicitis in children in a multicenter cohort

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 697-702

  Mittal, Manoj K ^a   Dayan, Peter S ^b   Macias, Charles G ^c   Bachur, Richard G ^d   Bennett, Jonathan ^e   Dudley, Nanette C ^f   Bajaj, Lalit ^g   Sinclair, Kelly ^h   Stevenson, Michelle D ⁱ   Kharbanda, Anupam B ^b,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84880319146     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12161     Document Type: Article

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