Efficacy and safety of nonoperative treatment for acute appendicitis: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Georgiou, Roxani ^a   Eaton, Simon ^b   Stanton, Michael P ^a   Pierro, Agostino ^c   Hall, Nigel J ^a,d  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; APPENDICITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT READMISSION; RECURRENCE;

EID: 85016039676     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-3003     Document Type: Review

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