Acute urinary retention in a 9-year-old child: An atypical presentation of acute appendicitis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-175

  Place, Rick C ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

abscess; acute urinary retention; appendicitis; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CATHETER; URINE RETENTION; VITAL SIGN;

ABSCESS; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 33748190202     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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