Prospective Evaluation of the Ability of Clinical Scoring Systems and Physician-Determined Likelihood of Appendicitis to Obviate the Need for Computed Tomography

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether clinical scoring systems or physician gestalt can obviate the need for CT in patients with possible appendicitis. METHODS: Prospective, observational study of patients with abdominal pain at an academic emergency department from 2/2012–2/2014. Patients over 11 years o...

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Published in:Emerg Med J
Main Authors: Golden, Sean K., Harringa, John B., Pickhardt, Perry J., Ebinger, Alexander, Svenson, James E., Zhao, Ying-Qi, Li, Zhanhai, Westergaard, Ryan P., Ehlenbach, William J., Repplinger, Michael D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443621/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26935714
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2015-205301
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