Predictive factors for negative outcomes in initial non-operative management of suspected appendicitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-314

  Shindoh, Junichi ^a,b   Niwa, Hirotaka ^a   Kawai, Kazushige ^a   Ohata, Ko ^a   Ishihara, Yukio ^a   Takabayashi, Naoki ^a   Kobayashi, Ryo ^a   Hiramatsu, Takeyuki ^a  

^a Yaizu City General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Appendicitis; Appendicolith; C reactive protein; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951890173     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-1094-1     Document Type: Article

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