Modification of an evidence-based protocol for advanced appendicitis in children

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 273-277

  Fallon, Sara C ^a   Hassan, Saif F ^a   Larimer, Emily L ^a   Rodriguez, J Ruben ^a   Brandt, Mary L ^a   Wesson, David E ^a   Palazzi, Debra L ^a   Lopez, Monica E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Appendicitis; Bacteriology; Pediatrics; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTICS; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84886726695     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.05.088     Document Type: Article

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