Antibiotics vs surgery for acute appendicitis toward a patient-centered treatment approach

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 107-108

  Hasday, Steven J ^a   Chhabra, Karan R ^b   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERTAPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL PATIENT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; MALE;

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

EID: 84959152145     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.4065     Document Type: Short Survey

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