Harms of CT scanning prior to surgery for suspected appendicitis

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-4

  Rogers, William ^a   Hoffman, Jerome ^b   Noori, Naudereh ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATIENT HARM; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84922013216     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebmed-2014-110075     Document Type: Article

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