Acute appendicitis in the elderly patient: Diagnostic problems, prognostic factors and outcomes

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-303

  Lunča, Sorinel ^a,c   Bouras, George ^b   Romedea, Narcis Sandy ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b IRCAD   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Diagnostic; Elderly; Outcomes; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 11844305577     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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