Characteristics of perforated appendicitis: effect of delay is confounded by age and gender.

Augustin, Toms

Characteristics of perforated appendicitis: effect of delay is confounded by age and gender. [electronic resource] - Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Jul 2011 - 1223-31 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

1873-4626

10.1007/s11605-011-1486-x doi


Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Appendectomy
Appendicitis--diagnosis
Child
Child, Preschool
Delayed Diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hospitals, Rural
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Pennsylvania--epidemiology
Physical Examination
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Rupture, Spontaneous
Sex Factors
Survival Rate
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Young Adult