Variation in the Diagnosis and Management of Appendicitis at Canadian Pediatric Hospitals

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 811-822

  Thompson, Graham C ^a   Schuh, Suzanne ^b   Gravel, Jocelyn ^c   Reid, Sarah ^d   Fitzpatrick, Eleanor ^e   Turner, Troy ^f   Bhatt, Maala ^b   Beer, Darcy ^g   Blair, Geoffrey ^h   Eccles, Robin ^a   Jones, Sarah ⁱ   Kilgar, Jennifer ⁱ   Liston, Natalia ^a   Martin, John ^j   Hagel, Brent ^a,k   Nettel Aguirre, Alberto ^a,k  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^j MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NARCOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BIOMARKERS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84937023613     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12709     Document Type: Article

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