Clinical outcomes in obese and normal-weight children undergoing ultrasound for suspected appendicitis

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Sulowski, Christopher ^a   Doria, Andrea S ^a,b   Langer, Jacob C ^a   Man, Carina ^a   Stephens, Derek ^a,b   Schuh, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951668186     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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