Changing roles of computed tomography in diagnosing acute appendicitis in emergency rooms
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Changing roles of computed tomography in diagnosing acute appendicitis in emergency rooms.
BACKGROUND We used the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database for analysis and statistics to investigate the role of computed tomography (CT) in diagnosing acute appendicitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS All 10 046 patients with acute appendicitis were selected and categorized into two groups based on those who did and did not receive CT 3 days before acute appendicitis diagnosis: non-CT and CT ...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv010