A call for a standardized definition of perforated appendicitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 89-92

  Rogers, Andrew P ^a,b,c   Zens, Tiffany J ^a,b   Leys, Charles M ^a,b   Nichol, Peter F ^a,b   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UW American Family Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Evidence based; NSQIP; Perforated appendicitis; Wound classification

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MEDLINE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85007021742     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.10.026     Document Type: Article

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