Diagnostic accuracy of noncontrast CT in detecting acute appendicitis: A meta-analysis of prospective studies

American Surgeon

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 626-629

  Xiong, Bing ^a   Zhong, Baishu ^a   Li, Zhenwei ^a   Zhou, Feng ^b   Hu, Ruying ^c   Feng, Zhan ^a   Xu, Shunliang ^a   Chen, Feng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; DECISION MAKING; PROCEDURES; PUBLISHING; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; AREA UNDER CURVE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLICATION BIAS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84930467843     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: 15559823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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