Nonoperative management of perforated appendicitis in children: Can CT predict outcome?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-255

  Levin, Terry ^a   Whyte, Christine ^a   Borzykowski, Ross ^a   Han, Bokyung ^a   Blitman, Netta ^a   Harris, Burton ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Children; CT; Nonoperative management; Perforated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MORPHINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PAIN; PELVIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ASCITES; CECAL DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LITHIASIS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846984654     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0384-y     Document Type: Article

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