External validation of two tools for the clinical diagnosis of acute diverticulitis without imaging

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-124

  Kiewiet, Jordy J S ^a   Andeweg, Caroline S ^b   Laurell, Helena ^c   Daniels, Lidewine ^a   Laméris, Wytze ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   Hendriks, Jan C M ^b   Bleichrodt, Robert P ^b   van Goor, Harry ^b   Boermeester, Marja A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MORA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; Diverticulitis; External validation; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL SCORING TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TRIAD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; EXTERNAL VALIDATION; PREDICTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84893662869     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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