Is acute appendicitis a surgical emergency?

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 626-629

  Stahlfeld, Kurt ^a   Hower, John ^a   Homitsky, Sarah ^a   Madden, Jeffrey ^b  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b United Hospital Center Clarksburg   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; WOUND COMPLICATION; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY; FLUID THERAPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME;

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548565938     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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