A scoring system to predict the severity of appendicitis in children

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 452-459

  Gorter, Ramon R ^a,b   van den Boom, Anne Loes ^c   Heij, Hugo A ^a   Kneepkens, C M Frank ^a   Hulsker, Caroline C ^a   Tenhagen, Mark ^b   Dawson, Imro ^c   van der Lee, Johanna H ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Clinical prediction rule; Complex appendicitis; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC PATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPLICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85027950360     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.08.042     Document Type: Article

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