Factors affecting the successful management of intra-abdominal abscesses with antibiotics and the need for percutaneous drainage

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-189

  Kumar, Ravin R ^a   Kim, Justin T ^a   Haukoos, Jason S ^b   Macias, Luis H ^a   Dixon, Matthew R ^a   Stamos, Michael J ^c   Konyalian, Viken R ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intra abdominal abscess; Percutaneous drainage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 32344432346     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0274-7     Document Type: Article

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