Effect of a clinical practice guideline for pediatric complicated appendicitis

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Willis, Zachary I ^a   Duggan, Eileen M ^a   Bucher, Brian T ^a,b   Pietsch, John B ^a   Milovancev, Monica ^a   Wharton, Whitney ^a   Gillon, Jessica ^c   Lovvorn, Harold N ^a   O'Neill, James A ^a   Di Pentima, M Cecilia ^a   Blakely, Martin L ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETERIZATION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REOPERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84971280626     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0194     Document Type: Article

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