TY - GEN AU - Augustin,Toms AU - Cagir,Burt AU - Vandermeer,Thomas J TI - Characteristics of perforated appendicitis: effect of delay is confounded by age and gender SN - 1873-4626 PY - 2011///1213 KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Age Factors KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Appendectomy KW - Appendicitis KW - diagnosis KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Delayed Diagnosis KW - Diagnosis, Differential KW - Female KW - Follow-Up Studies KW - Hospitals, Rural KW - Hospitals, Teaching KW - Humans KW - Incidence KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Pennsylvania KW - epidemiology KW - Physical Examination KW - Prognosis KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Risk Factors KW - Rupture, Spontaneous KW - Sex Factors KW - Survival Rate KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed KW - Young Adult N1 - Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-011-1486-x ER -