It is not what you do, it is the way that you do it: impact of a care pathway for appendicitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-319

  Almond, Sarah L ^a   Roberts, Megan ^a   Joesbury, Victoria ^a   Mon, Sue ^a   Smith, Jeff ^a   Ledwidge, Nevila ^a   Pisipati, Sailaja ^a   Khan, Amir ^a   Khalil, Basem A ^a   White, Elvina ^a   Baillie, Colin T ^a   Kenny, Simon E ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Appendicitis; Care pathway; Children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949187943     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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