Evidence for an antibiotics-first strategy for uncomplicated appendicitis in adults: A systematic review and gap analysis

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 309-314

  Ehlers, Anne P ^a   Talan, David A ^b   Moran, Gregory J ^b   Flum, David R ^a   Davidson, Giana H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCOMPLICATED APPENDICITIS; ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959495924     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.11.009     Document Type: Review

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