Perforated appendicitis in the child: Contemporary experience

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 262-265

  Gofrit, Ofer N ^a   Abu Dalu, Khalil ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Intraabdominal abscess; Pediatrics; Perforated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; HEMOGLOBIN; PATIENT TREATMENT; PEDIATRICS;

WHITE BLOOD COUNTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WEIGHT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035010715     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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