Appendicitis in children less than 3 years of age: A 28-year review

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 777-779

  Alloo, Javed ^a   Gerstle, Theodore ^b   Shilyansky, Joel ^b   Ein, Sigmund H ^b  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ruptured appendix

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; OTITIS MEDIA; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642418165     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0775-6     Document Type: Review

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