Clinicopathological review of 156 appendicectomies for acute appendicitis in children in Ile-Ife, Nigeria: A retrospective analysis

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ademola, Talabi O ^a   Oludayo, Sowande A ^a   Samuel, Olowookere A ^a   Amarachukwu, Etonyeaku C ^a   Akinwunmi, Komolafe O ^a   Olusanya, Adejuyigbe ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute; Appendicitis; Children; Late presentation; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930204184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12873-015-0030-9     Document Type: Article

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