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Anupam B. Kharbanda

Researcher at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Publications -  110
Citations -  3285

Anupam B. Kharbanda is an academic researcher from Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emergency department & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 85 publications receiving 1832 citations. Previous affiliations of Anupam B. Kharbanda include Kaiser Permanente & Boston Children's Hospital.

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A Clinical Decision Rule to Identify Children at Low Risk for Appendicitis

TL;DR: The authors' low-risk decision rules can predict accurately which children are at low risk for appendicitis and could be treated safely with careful observation rather than CT examination.
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Evaluating appendicitis scoring systems using a prospective pediatric cohort.

TL;DR: Although the Alvarado and Samuel scores provide measurably useful diagnostic information in evaluating children with suspected appendicitis, neither method provides sufficient PPV to be used in clinical practice as the sole method for determination of the need for surgery.