Non-patient factors related to rates of ruptured appendicitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-221

  Sicard, N ^a,d   Tousignant, P ^b   Pineault, R ^a   Dube S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATING ROOM; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PERITONITIS; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847381450     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5428     Document Type: Article

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