Abdominal pain and jaundice: Appendiceal perforation an important differential

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-278

  Dawes, Tim ^a   Burrows, Cameron ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Hyperbilirubinemia; Jaundice; Peritonitis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTIC SHOCK; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; JAUNDICE; MALE; PERITONITIS;

EID: 34250376921     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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