Appendicitis in northern aboriginal children: does delay in definitive treatment affect outcome?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 890-893

  Beres, Alana ^a   Al Abbad, Saleh ^a   Puligandla, Pramod S ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal populations; Appendiceal perforation; Appendicitis; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABORIGINE; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951597504     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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