title: Evaluation of the child with suspected appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, P.O. Box 19, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Burd
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Whalen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index