Routine same-day discharge after acute or interval appendectomy in children: A prospective study

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 443-446

  Alkhoury, Fuad ^a   Malvezzi, Leopoldo ^a   Knight, Colin G ^a   Diana, Jeannette ^a   Pasaron, Raquel ^a   Mora, JoAnne ^a   Aserlind, Alexandra ^a   Stylianos, Steven ^a   Burnweit, Cathy ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861403805     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.132     Document Type: Article

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