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Where appendicitis is most often misdiagnosed.

Publication: Clinician Reviews
Publication Date: 01-MAR-04
Format: Online - approximately 437 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Where appendicitis is most often misdiagnosed.(In house: hospitals & surgical update)

Article Excerpt
More than half of the appendectomies performed on US children take place at hospitals with a low volume for this surgery--facilities where the risk for misdiagnosed appendicitis is highest. Misdiagnosis of this "seemingly low-complexity condition" is also more likely in infants, young children, and adolescent gifts; and less likely in patients of Hispanic or other minority ethnicity.

In Pediatrics, Smink and associates report their...

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