The Relevance of Surgeon-performed Ultrasound For the Detection of Acute Appendicitis: a Review of the Literature and a Practical Diagnostic Algorithm

Erstveröffentlichung
2017Authors
Beltzer, Christian Rainer
Zischek, Christoph
Schmidt, Roland
Friemert, Benedikt
Achatz, Gerhard
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Published in
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie ; 142 (2017), 4. - S. 395-403. - ISSN 0044-409X. - eISSN 1438-9592
Link to publication
https://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-114414Institutions
Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm (BWK)Subject headings
[Free subject headings]: acute appendicitis | surgeon-performed ultrasound | diagnostic algorithm | Alvarado score | diagnostic accuracy | computed-tomography utilization | pediatric acute appendicitis | suspected appendicitis | emergency-department | international evaluation | negative appendectomy | radiation-exposure | children | sonography[DDC subject group]: DDC 610 / Medicine & health