What are the most clinically useful cutoffs for the alvarado and pediatric appendicitis scores? a systematic review

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 365-372.e2

  Ebell, Mark H ^a   Shinholser, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALVARADO SCORE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEDIATRIC APPENDICITIS SCORE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; META ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84908090904     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.02.025     Document Type: Article

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