The evaluation of the validity of Alvarado, Eskelinen, Lintula and Ohmann scoring systems in diagnosing acute appendicitis in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 317-321

  Sencan, Arzu ^a   Aksoy, Nail ^a   Yildiz, Melih ^a   Okur, Özkan ^a   Demircan, Yusuf ^a   Karaca, Irfan ^a  

^a Dr Behcet Uz Children Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Alvarado score; Children; Eskelinen score; Lintula score; Ohmann score

Indexed keywords

SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALVARADO SCORE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESKELINEN SCORE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINTULA SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OHMANN SCORE; PEDIATRIC SURGEON; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896700941     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-014-3467-0     Document Type: Article

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