Does Routine Nasogastric Tube Placement After an Operation for Perforated Appendicitis Make a Difference?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-69

  St Peter, Shawn D ^a   Valusek, Patricia A ^a   Little, Danny C ^a   Snyder, Charles L ^a   Holcomb III, George W ^a   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

appendicitis; children; nasogastric tube

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSE FEEDING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35248869732     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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