Appendicitis in the obese child

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 857-861

  Davies, Dafydd A ^a   Yanchar, Natalie L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Obesity; Pediatric appendicitis; Postoperative complications; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248187202     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.12.040     Document Type: Article

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