Prospective evaluation of the added value of imaging within the dutch national diagnostic appendicitis guideline - Do we forget our clinical eye?

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 436-443

  Schok, Thomas ^a   Simons, Petra C G ^a   Janssen Heijnen, Maryska L G ^a,b   Peters, Nathalie A L R ^a   Konsten, Joop L M ^a  

^a VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Guideline; Imaging; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923573297     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000369587     Document Type: Article

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