title: Strategies for reducing inappropriate laparotomy rate in the acute abdomen.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paterson-Brown
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000465:Algorithms; D003657:Decision Making; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014463:Ultrasonography