Context and significance of emergency department visits and readmissions after pediatric appendectomy

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1918-1922

  Lautz, Timothy B ^a   Reynolds, Marleta ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Pediatric; Quality improvement; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054742092     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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