Does delay in appendectomy affect surgical site infection in children with appendicitis?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1026-1029

  Boomer, Laura A ^a   Cooper, Jennifer N ^b   Deans, Katherine J ^a,b   Minneci, Peter C ^a,b   Leonhart, Karen ^b   Diefenbach, Karen A ^a   Kenney, Brian D ^a   Besner, Gail E ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Complex appendicitis; Elevated leukocyte count; Laparoscopic conversion; Obesity; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; ACUTE DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901795813     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.01.044     Document Type: Article

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