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Association of Initial Treatment With Antibiotics vs Surgery With Treatment Success and Disability in Subgroups of Children With Uncomplicated Appendicitis. JAMA 2021 Jun 22;325(24):2502-2504

Date

06/23/2021

Pubmed ID

34156416

Pubmed Central ID

PMC8220457

DOI

10.1001/jama.2021.6710

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85108686734 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   3 Citations

Abstract

This study investigates differences in 1-year outcomes by clinical and socioeconomic factors among US children with uncomplicated appendicitis who were treated with antibiotics vs surgery.

Author List

Minneci PC, Hade EM, Metzger GA, Saito JM, Mak GZ, Deans KJ, Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium

Author

Dave Lal MD, MPH Chief, Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Age Factors
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Appendectomy
Appendicitis
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Postoperative Complications
Treatment Outcome