Diagnostic performance of the classic symptom “abdominal pain before vomiting” for pediatric acute appendicitis

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common type of acute abdomen that requires surgical intervention in children. According to general pediatric textbooks, the presence of vomiting before abdominal pain is considered a classic patient history item for excluding acute appendicitis. However, it...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Kitaoka, Hayato Chikai, Keiko Watanabe, Hiroto Ida, Tadayuki Kumagai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Pediatrics and Neonatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957223001201
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