American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 890-893, October 2011

Effect of delay in presentation on rate of perforation in children with appendicitis

  • Chaitan K. Narsule, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Hasbro Children's Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02905, USA
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  • Eden J. Kahle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Hasbro Children's Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    • ,
  • Daniel S. Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Hasbro Children's Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    • ,
  • Angela C. Anderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hasbro Children's Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    • ,
  • Francois I. Luks, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Hasbro Children's Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02905, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 401 228 0556; fax: +1 401 444 6603.

Received 8 March 2010; received in revised form 16 March 2010; accepted 11 April 2010. published online 14 July 2010.

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PII: S0735-6757(10)00184-1

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2010.04.005

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 890-893, October 2011

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