Acute appendicitis: Diagnostic accuracy of Alvarado scoring system

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 144-149

  Memon, Zahid Ali ^a   Irfan, Saboohi ^b   Fatima, Kanwal ^b   Iqbal, Mir Saud ^b   Sami, Waqas ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alvarado scoring; appendectomy; appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALVARADO SCORING; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALVARADO SCORING; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884417008     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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