Acute appendicitis in the octogenarians and beyond: A comparison with younger geriatric patients

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-259

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

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alvarado score; Appendiceal rupture; Appendicitis; Elderly; Octogenarians

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGED; ALVARADO SCORE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY DELAY; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; APPENDICITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449111601     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3180ca8eea     Document Type: Article

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