Prospective evaluation of the ability of clinical scoring systems and physician-determined likelihood of appendicitis to obviate the need for CT

Sean K Golden; John B Harringa; Perry J Pickhardt; Alexander Ebinger; James E Svenson; Ying-Qi Zhao; Zhanhai Li; Ryan P Westergaard; William J Ehlenbach; Michael D Repplinger

doi:10.1136/emermed-2015-205301

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Prospective evaluation of the ability of clinical scoring systems and physician-determined likelihood of appendicitis to obviate the need for CT

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Sean K Golden BerbeeWalsh, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John B Harringa BerbeeWalsh, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Perry J Pickhardt Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alexander Ebinger Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James E Svenson BerbeeWalsh, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ying-Qi Zhao Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Zhanhai Li Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ryan P Westergaard Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
William J Ehlenbach Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael D Repplinger BerbeeWalsh, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Michael D Repplinger, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, 800 University Bay Drive, Suite 310 Mail Code 9123, Madison, WI 53705, USA; mdreppli{at}medicine.wisc.edu

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Golden SK, Harringa JB, Pickhardt PJ, et al

Prospective evaluation of the ability of clinical scoring systems and physician-determined likelihood of appendicitis to obviate the need for CT

Emergency Medicine Journal 2016;33:458-464.

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Received August 10, 2015
Revised February 3, 2016
Accepted February 10, 2016
First published March 2, 2016.

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October 24, 2016

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