Effect of delay in presentation on rate of perforation in children with appendicitis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 890-893

  Narsule, Chaitan K ^a   Kahle, Eden J ^a   Kim, Daniel S ^a   Anderson, Angela C ^a   Luks, Francois I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053610623     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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