Delaying an appendectomy: Is it safe?

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 897-900

  Nagpal, Kamal ^a   Udgiri, Navalkishor ^a   Sharma, Niraj ^a   Curras, Ernesto ^a   Cosgrove, John Morgan ^a   Farkas, Daniel T ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864780598     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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