Integration of ultrasound findings with Alvarado score in children with suspected appendicitis

Pediatrics International

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-99

  Toprak, Huseyin ^a   Kilincaslan, Huseyin ^a   Ahmad, Issam Cheikh ^a   Yildiz, Seyma ^a   Bilgin, Mehmet ^a   Sharifov, Rasul ^a   Acar, Murat ^b  

^a BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Radiology Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alvarado score; appendicitis; pediatric; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALVARADO SCORE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 84894411113     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ped.12197     Document Type: Article

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