Radiological imaging to improve the emergency department diagnosis of acute appendicitis

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 410-416

  Rosengren, David ^a,b   Brown, Anthony F T ^a   Chu, Kevin ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CABOOLTURE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Clinical assessment; CT scan; Ultrasound; Unnecessary surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 9244248081     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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