In-hospital surgical delay does not increase the risk for perforated appendicitis in children

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 616-621

  Almström, Markus ^a,b   Svensson, Jan F ^a,b   Patkova, Barbora ^a,c   Svenningsson, Anna ^a,b   Wester, Tomas ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Västmanland Hospital in Västerås   (Sweden)

Author keywords

appendicitis; children; perforation; surgical outcome; timing of surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SWEDEN; THERAPY DELAY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; APPENDICITIS; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84960411726     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001694     Document Type: Article

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