Beyond perforation: Influence of peritoneal contamination on clinical severity and resource utilization in children with perforated appendicitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1896-1899

  Feng, Christina ^a   Anandalwar, Seema ^a   Sidhwa, Feroze ^a   Glass, Charity ^a   Karki, Mahima ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Rangel, Shawn J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complicated appendicitis; Pediatric appendicitis; Peritoneal contamination

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; APPENDICITIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; MASSACHUSETTS; PERITONITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT READMISSION; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84991406568     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.08.002     Document Type: Article

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