Open AccessPredictors risk factors for acute complex appendicitis pain in patients: Are there gender differences?
Author(s) -
Cem Cahit Barışık,
Abdülbari Bener
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_140_20
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal pain , constipation , nausea , vomiting , appendicitis , iliac fossa , physical examination , tenderness , irritable bowel syndrome , bloating , gastroenterology , abdominal ultrasonography , surgery , ultrasonography
The purpose of this study is to determine the predictive risk factors for appendicitis and the cost-effectiveness of using abdominal helical computed tomography (CT) in comparison to abdominal ultrasonography (US) for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in patients.