The impact of pregnancy on the accuracy and delay in diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1357-1360

  Hiersch, Liran ^a   Yogev, Yariv ^a,b   Ashwal, Eran ^a   From, Anat ^a   Ben Haroush, Avi ^a   Peled, Yoav ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; APPENDICITIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905455018     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.858321     Document Type: Article

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