Update on appendicitis: Diagnosis and presurgical management

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-238

  Friday, Janet H ^a,b  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital and Health Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Children; Gastrointestinal tract

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE;

ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGING; OTOTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULTRASOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744787087     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000193314.75827.27     Document Type: Review

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