Seasonal and day of the week variations of perforated appendicitis in US children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 691-696

  Deng, Yi ^a   Chang, David C ^a   Zhang, Yiyi ^a   Webb, Jennifer ^a   Gabre Kidan, Alodia ^a   Abdullah, Fizan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute; Appendicitis; Day; Fall; Monday; Perforated; Season; Variation; Week; Winter

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955556395     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2628-z     Document Type: Article

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