Neonatal acute appendicitis: A proposed algorithm for timely diagnosis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2060-2064

  Schwartz, Kevin L ^a   Gilad, Eli ^a   Sigalet, David ^a   Yu, Weiming ^a   Wong, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Newborn; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ALGORITHM; APPENDECTOMY; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN APPENDICITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

EID: 80855129689     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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