Predictive factors for failure of nonoperative management in perforated appendicitis

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 976-981

  Maxfield, Mark W ^a   Schuster, Kevin M ^a   Bokhari, Jamal ^a   McGillicuddy, Edward A ^a   Davis, Kimberly A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

abscess; Appendicitis; nonoperative management; perforation; phlegmon

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEGMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84897098073     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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