Outpatient interval appendectomy after perforated appendicitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1970-1972

  Whyte, Christine ^a   Tran, Eric ^a   Lopez, Monica E ^a   Harris, Burton H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interval appendectomy; Laparoscopy; Outpatient surgery; Perforated appendix

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CODEINE; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDICITIS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649110684     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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