Antibiotics for appendicitis! Not so fast

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 923-932

  Khalil, Mazhar ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a   Jokar, Tahereh Orouji ^a   Kulvatunyou, Narong ^a   O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Tang, Andrew ^a   Hassan, Ahmed ^a   Gries, Lynn ^a   Latifi, Rifat ^a   Joseph, Bellal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; antibiotics; appendectomy; conservative management; nonoperative management

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREND STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960158093     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001030     Document Type: Article

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