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Performance of imaging studies in patients with suspected appendicitis after stratification with adult appendicitis score

BACKGROUND: Diagnostic scoring is used to stratify patients with suspected appendicitis into three groups: high, intermediate, and low probability of appendicitis. The stratification can be used for selective imaging to avoid the harms of radiation without compromising diagnostic accuracy. The aim w...

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Autores principales: Sammalkorpi, Henna E., Leppäniemi, Ari, Lantto, Eila, Mentula, Panu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5282904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-017-0119-4