Institutional review of patients presenting with suspected appendicitis

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 420-424

  Teo, Andrew Teck Kwee ^a   Lefter, Liviu Paul ^a   Zarrouk, Ali Jafar Mohamad ^a   Merrett, Neil Donald ^a,b  

^a CAMPBELLTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Laparoscopic appendicectomy; Negative appendicectomy; Preoperative computed tomography; Preoperative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; EMERGENCIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930180646     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.12531     Document Type: Article

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