Utility of fever and leukocytosis in acute surgical abdomens in octogenarians and beyond

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Potts IV, Fred E ^a   Vukov, Larry F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HERNIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032935770     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.2.M55     Document Type: Article

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