Initial antibiotic treatment for acute simple appendicitis in children is safe: Short-term results from a multicenter, prospective cohort study

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 916-923

  Gorter, Ramon R ^a,b   Van Der Lee, Johanna H ^c   Cense, Huibert A ^b   Kneepkens, C M Frank ^a   Wijnen, Marc H W A ^d   In 'T Hof, Klaas H ^e   Offringa, Martin ^f   Heij, Hugo A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Kinderafdeling Flevoziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BETA-LACTAMASE INHIBITORS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84929047052     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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