Institutioning a clinical practice guideline to decrease the rate of normal appendectomies

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 796-798

  Blisard, Deanna ^a   Rosenfeld, Joel C ^a   Estrada, Fernando ^a   Reed III, James F ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 1542646295     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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