The presentation of appendicitis in preadolescent children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 849-855

  Colvin, Joshua M ^a,d   Bachur, Richard ^b   Kharbanda, Anupam ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute abdominal pain; Appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHILIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37349056037     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/pec.0b013e31815c9d7f     Document Type: Article

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