Do not rush into operating and just observe actively if you are not sure about the diagnosis of appendicitis

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-282

  Çavuşoǧlu, Yusuf Hakan ^a   Erdoǧan, Derya ^a   Karaman, Ayşe ^a   Aslan, Mustafa K ^a   Karaman, Ibrahim ^a   Tütün, Özden Ç ^a  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Child; Diagnostic errors; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 61549127920     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-009-2331-0     Document Type: Article

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