Acute perforated appendicitis: An analysis of risk factors to guide surgical decision making

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 58-65

  Barreto, Savio ^a   Travers, Edward ^a   Thomas, Tudor ^a   MacKillop, Clare ^a   Tiong, Leong ^a   Lorimer, Michelle ^b   Williams, Randall ^a  

^a MODBURY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinoids; male; tumors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859803443     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.94401     Document Type: Article

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