Impact of a clinical pathway and standardization of treatment for acute appendicitis

Surgery Today

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 336-341

  Takegami, Kenji ^a,b   Kawaguchi, Yonei ^a   Nakayama, Hiroshi ^a   Kubota, Yoshiro ^a   Nagawa, Hirokazu ^b  

^a Kikkoman General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Clinical pathway; Standardization; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038365359     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950300077     Document Type: Article

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