An acute care surgery model improves outcomes in patients with appendicitis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 244, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 498-503

  Earley, Angela S ^a,b   Pryor, John P ^a   Kim, Patrick K ^a   Hedrick, Joseph H ^a   Kurichi, Jibby E ^a   Minogue, Amy C ^a   Sonnad, Seema S ^a   Reilly, Patrick M ^a   Schwab, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748951970     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000237756.86181.50     Document Type: Article

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