Risk factors associated with perforated appendicitis in elderly patients presenting with signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 662-666

  Sheu, Bor Fuh ^a   Chiu, Te Fa ^a   Chen, Jih Chang ^a   Tung, Meng Sheng ^a   Chang, Meng Wei ^a   Young, Yui Rwei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Elderly; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447330744     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04182.x     Document Type: Article

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