Patient preferences for surgery or antibiotics for the treatment of acute appendicitis

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 471-478

  Hanson, Alexis L ^a   Crosby, Ross D ^a,b   Basson, Marc D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COLLEGE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; E-MAIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN SURGERY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; VERY ELDERLY; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; DECISION MAKING; LAPAROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046000551     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.5310     Document Type: Article

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