Clinical importance of the heel drop test and a new clinical score for adult appendicitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Ahn, Shin ^a   Lee, Hyeji ^a   Choi, Wookjin ^a   Ahn, Ryeok ^a   Hong, Jung Suk ^a   Sohn, Chang Hwan ^a   Seo, Dong Woo ^a   Lee, Yoon Seon ^a   Lim, Kyung Soo ^a   Kim, Won Young ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVARADO SCORE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEEL DROP TEST; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESH SCORE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84991475132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164574     Document Type: Article

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