Antibiotic administration can be an independent risk factor for therapeutic delay of pediatric acute appendicitis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 792-795

  Nomura, Osamu ^a   Ishiguro, Akira ^a   Maekawa, Takanobu ^a   Nagai, Akira ^a   Kuroda, Tatsuo ^a   Sakai, Hirokazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute appendicitis; antibiotics; therapeutic delay

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY DELAY;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84864839799     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182628810     Document Type: Review

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