Conservative treatment in acute appendicitis

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-299

  Paudel, G R ^a   Agrawal, C S ^a   Regmi, R ^a   Agrawal, S ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendicular lump; Conservative management

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DICLOFENAC; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENCE RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FLUID THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; APPENDICITIS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856374605     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.60     Document Type: Article

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