Surgical decision-making in acute appendicitis

BMC Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sandell, Eva ^a   Berg, Maria ^b   Sandblom, Gabriel ^a,c   Sundman, Joar ^a   Fränneby, Ulf ^a   Boström, Lennart ^d   Andrén Sandberg, Åke ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Vårby General Practice   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Decision making; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84930079526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12893-015-0053-x     Document Type: Article

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