Risk Factors for Adverse Outcomes after the Surgical Treatment of Appendicitis in Adults

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Margenthaler, Julie A ^a   Longo, Walter E ^a,d   Virgo, Katherine S ^a   Johnson, Frank E ^a   Oprian, Charles A ^b   Henderson, William G ^b   Daley, Jennifer ^c   Khuri, Shukri F ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hines VA Coop Studs Prog C   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; APPENDICITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041379896     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200307000-00008     Document Type: Article

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