Measuring the Value of a Clinical Practice Guideline for Children with Perforated Appendicitis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 195-200

  Robinson, Jamie R ^a,b   Avritscher, Elenir B C ^c   Gay, James C ^a   Willis, Zachary I ^a   Putnam, Luke R ^c   Anglemyer, Andrew ^b   Pedroza, Claudia ^c   Tyson, Jon E ^c   Blakely, Martin L ^a  

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

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical practice guidelines; cost effectiveness analysis; perforated appendicitis; value of surgical care

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACCOUNTING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OPEN SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; APPENDICITIS; COMPLICATION; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL COST; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84981165393     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001946     Document Type: Article

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