Use of white blood cell count and negative appendectomy rate

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bates, Maria F ^a   Khander, Amrin ^a   Steigman, Shaun A ^a   Tracy Jr , Thomas F ^a   Luks, Francois I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Differential; Leukocyte count; Negative appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84891762648     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2418     Document Type: Article

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