Test characteristics of common appendicitis scores with and without laboratory investigations: a prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Despite the poor independent test characteristics of the white blood cell count (WBC) and neutrophil count (NC) in identifying appendicitis, common clinical decision supports including the Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) and Alvarado Score (AS), require the WBC and NC values. Moreover...

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Autores principales: Khanafer, Ijab, Martin, Dori-Ann, Mitra, Tatum P., Eccles, Robin, Brindle, Mary E., Nettel-Aguirre, Alberto, Thompson, Graham C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27577252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-016-0687-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27577252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-016-0687-6

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