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Acute Appendicitis
New acute appendicitis in children study findings recently were reported by researchers at New York University, Division of Pediatric Surgery
July 4th, 2009
Fresh data on acute appendicitis are presented in the report 'Management and outcomes for children with acute appendicitis differ by hospital type: areas for improvement at public hospitals.' According to recent research from the United States, "Access to health care is a well-recognized issue in health policy, but use once patients have entered the health care system is uncommonly addressed. We performed a retrospective review of children between 2 and 17 years of age with pathologically confirmed appendicitis at our public city hospital and private university hospital and compared management and outcomes." "Among patients with acute appendicitis, the median length of...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-07-04)
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