The use of a computed tomography scan to rule out appendicitis in women of childbearing age is as accurate as clinical examination: A prospective randomized trial

Peter P. Lopez; Stephen M. Cohn; Charles A. Popkin; Julie Jackowski; Joel E. Michalek; Margaret Brown; Fahim Habib; Jeffrey Augenstein; Erik Barquist; Patricia Byers; Carl I. Schulman; Enrique Ginzburg; Mauricio Lynn; Mark McKenney; Nicholas Namias; David Shatz; Danny Sleeman; S. Morad Hameed; Robb R. Whinney; Louis Pizano; Peter Ekeh; Suzanne LeBlang; Martin Newman

The use of a computed tomography scan to rule out appendicitis in women of childbearing age is as accurate as clinical examination: A prospective randomized trial

Peter P. Lopez, Stephen M. Cohn, Charles A. Popkin, Julie Jackowski, Joel E. Michalek, Margaret Brown, Fahim Habib, Jeffrey Augenstein, Erik Barquist, Patricia Byers, Carl I. Schulman, Enrique Ginzburg, Mauricio Lynn, Mark McKenney, Nicholas Namias, David Shatz, Danny Sleeman, S. Morad Hameed, Robb R. Whinney, Louis PizanoPeter Ekeh, Suzanne LeBlang, Martin Newman

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1232-1236
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Surgeon
Volume	73
Issue number	12
State	Published - Dec 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Lopez, P. P., Cohn, S. M., Popkin, C. A., Jackowski, J., Michalek, J. E., Brown, M., Habib, F., Augenstein, J., Barquist, E., Byers, P., Schulman, C. I., Ginzburg, E., Lynn, M., McKenney, M., Namias, N., Shatz, D., Sleeman, D., Hameed, S. M., Whinney, R. R., ... Newman, M. (2007). The use of a computed tomography scan to rule out appendicitis in women of childbearing age is as accurate as clinical examination: A prospective randomized trial. American Surgeon, 73(12), 1232-1236.

Lopez, PP, Cohn, SM, Popkin, CA, Jackowski, J, Michalek, JE, Brown, M, Habib, F, Augenstein, J, Barquist, E, Byers, P, Schulman, CI, Ginzburg, E, Lynn, M, McKenney, M, Namias, N, Shatz, D, Sleeman, D, Hameed, SM, Whinney, RR, Pizano, L, Ekeh, P, LeBlang, S & Newman, M 2007, 'The use of a computed tomography scan to rule out appendicitis in women of childbearing age is as accurate as clinical examination: A prospective randomized trial', American Surgeon, vol. 73, no. 12, pp. 1232-1236.

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