Letter to the editor. re: Conservative management of acute appendicitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 931-932

  Ansaloni, Luca ^a   Catena, Fausto ^a   Coccolini, Federico ^a   Gazzotti, Filippo ^a   Pinna, Antonio Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952552004     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1159-1     Document Type: Editorial

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