Prospective validation of Alvarado score and pediatric appendicitis score for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 164-168

  Pogorelić, Zenon ^a   Rak, Stella ^b   Mrklić, Ivana ^a   Jurić, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alvarado score; Appendicitis; Pediatric appendicitis score

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALVARADO SCORE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC APPENDICITIS SCORE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CLINICAL TRIAL; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84924914526     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000375     Document Type: Article

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