Severity of appendicitis correlates with the pediatric appendicitis score

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 655-658

  Adibe, Obinna O ^a   Muensterer, Oliver J ^a   Georgeson, Keith E ^a   Harmon, Carroll M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Prognostic indicator; Severity score

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC APPENDICITIS SCORE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79959950751     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2744-9     Document Type: Article

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