Age-related clinical features in older patients with acute appendicitis

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 200-203

  Gürleyik, Günay ^a   Gürleyik, Emin ^b  

^a Haydarpasa Numune Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Elderly; Intra abdominal sepsis; Outcome; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOUND HEALING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1542674296     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200309000-00008     Document Type: Article

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