Changing epidemiology of acute appendicitis in the United States: Study period 1993-2008

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-190

  Buckius, Michelle T ^a   McGrath, Brian ^a   Monk, John ^b   Grim, Rod ^c   Bell, Theodore ^c   Ahuja, Vanita ^a,b  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Emig Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

age trends; appendectomy; appendicitis; epidemiology; gender; race

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860780511     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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