Acute appendicitis in preschool-age children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 80-83

  Sakellaris, George ^a,b   Tilemis, Stefanos ^a   Charissis, Giorgos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Acute appendicitis; Gastrointestinal tract; Preschool age

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE SUPPURATIVE APPENDICITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HIP; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; NAUSEA; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; TACHYCARDIA; URINATION DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 14644441755     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-004-1568-9     Document Type: Article

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