Treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 1401-1402

  Minneci, Peter C ^a   Deans, Katherine J ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; MALE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BETA-LACTAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84943350069     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.11426     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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3. Minneci PC, Sulkowski JP, Nacion KM, et al. Feasibility of a nonoperative management strategy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in children. J Am Coll Surg. 2014;219(2):272-279.