Negative appendectomy experience in children

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-58

  Karabulut, R ^a   Sonmez, K ^a   Turkyilmaz, Z ^a   Demirogullari, B ^a   Ozen, I O ^a   Demirtola, A ^a   Basaklar, A C ^a   Kale, N ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Acute appendicitis; Children; Negative appendectomies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; NEGATIVE APPENDECTOMY; OMENTUM INFARCT; OVARY ABSCESS; OVARY CYST; PERITONEAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TORSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954442839     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-010-0526-y     Document Type: Article

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