Role of interval appendectomy in the management of complicated appendicitis in children

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Vane, Dennis W ^a   Fernandez, Nathanial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DIET; DISEASE CONTROL; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; METRONIDAZOLE; TIME FACTORS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 30544446014     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-7946-2     Document Type: Review

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