Further evidence for an ischemic origin of perforation of the appendix in the neonatal period

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Van Veenendaal, M ^a   Plotz F B ^b   Nikkels, P G J ^c   Bax, N M A ^d  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

necrotizing enterocolitis; neonatal; neonatal appendicitis; Perforation of the appendix

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM MUCOSA; SEPTICEMIA;

ABSCESS; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISCHEMIA;

EID: 3843077401     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.04.045     Document Type: Article

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