Accuracy and reliability of palpation and percussion for detecting hepatomegaly: A rural hospital-based study

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 171-174

  Joshi, Rajnish ^a   Singh, Amandeep ^a   Jajoo, Namita ^a   Pai, Madhukar ^a   Kalantri, S P ^b  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio; Palpation; Percussion; Predictive value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PERCUSSION; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PALPATION; PERCUSSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 9644262524     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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