Efficacy of short-term antibiotic therapy for consecutive patients with mild appendicitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 752-755

  Park, Hyoung Chul ^a   Byoung Seup, Kim ^a   Lee, Bong Hwa ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVARADO SCORE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958157035     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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