Acute surgical admissions for abdominal pain in adults in Kumasi, Ghana

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 898-903

  Ohene Yeboah, Michael ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Acute abdominal pain; Emergency surgical admission; Kumasi Ghana

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 33749118478     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03905.x     Document Type: Article

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