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A new adult appendicitis score improves diagnostic accuracy of acute appendicitis - a prospective study

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to construct a new scoring system for more accurate diagnostics of acute appendicitis. Applying the new score into clinical practice could reduce the need of potentially harmful diagnostic imaging. METHODS: This prospective study enrolled 829 adults presenting wi...

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Autores principales: Sammalkorpi, Henna E, Mentula, Panu, Leppäniemi, Ari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4087125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24970111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-14-114