Evaluation of a novel pediatric appendicitis pathway using high- and low-risk scoring systems

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1060-1065

  Fleischman, Ross J ^a,c   Devine, Miranda K ^a   Yagapen, Marie Annick N ^a   Steichen, Angela J ^a   Hansen, Matthew L ^a   Zigman, Andrew F ^b   Spiro, David M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Clinical pathways

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PALPATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885310567     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182a5c9b6     Document Type: Article

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