A Model to Select Patients Who May Benefit from Antibiotic Therapy as the First Line Treatment of Acute Appendicitis at High Probability

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 961-967

  Hansson, Jeanette ^a   Khorram Manesh, Amir ^a,b   Alwindawe, Ayad ^a,b   Lundholm, Kent ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Kungälv Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Antibiotic therapy; Appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; AREA UNDER CURVE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84899965421     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2413-0     Document Type: Article

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