Factors influencing delayed hospital presentation in patients with appendicitis: the APPE survey

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 207, Issue , 2017, Pages 123-130

  Ehlers, Anne P ^a   Drake, F Thurston ^b   Kotagal, Meera ^a   Simianu, Vlad V ^a   Achar, Chethana ^c   Agrawal, Nidhi ^c   Joslyn, Susan L ^d   Flum, David R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Health care decision making; Patient behavior; Perforated appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPTIMISM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; THERAPY DELAY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRUST; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991237803     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.08.085     Document Type: Article

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