TY - GEN AU - Whyte,Christine AU - Levin,Terry AU - Harris,Burton H TI - Early decisions in perforated appendicitis in children: lessons from a study of nonoperative management SN - 1531-5037 PY - 2008///1126 KW - Adolescent KW - Age Factors KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents KW - therapeutic use KW - Appendectomy KW - methods KW - Appendicitis KW - diagnostic imaging KW - Attitude of Health Personnel KW - Blood Chemical Analysis KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Confidence Intervals KW - Decision Making KW - Disease Progression KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Infant KW - Length of Stay KW - Leukocyte Count KW - Male KW - Monitoring, Physiologic KW - Observation KW - Odds Ratio KW - Patient Selection KW - Practice Patterns, Physicians' KW - Probability KW - Prognosis KW - Risk Assessment KW - Severity of Illness Index KW - Time Factors KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed KW - Treatment Failure KW - Treatment Outcome N1 - Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.11.032 ER -