Multi-institutional trial of non-operative management and surgery for uncomplicated appendicitis in children: Design and rationale

Keyphrases

• Nonoperative Management 100%
• Multi-state Trials 100%
• Uncomplicated Appendicitis 100%
• Appendectomy 42%
• Inflammation 28%
• Antibiotics 28%
• Patient Preference 28%
• Appendicitis 28%
• Choice Design 28%
• Children's Hospital 14%
• Clinical Practice 14%
• Quality of Health Care 14%
• Operative 14%
• Success Rate 14%
• Complication Rate 14%
• Diagnostic Imaging 14%
• Satisfaction with Care 14%
• Successful Treatment 14%
• Population-representative 14%
• Abscess 14%
• Treatment Alternatives 14%
• Quality of Life Satisfaction 14%
• Extraluminal 14%
• Oral Antibiotics 14%
• Pediatric Appendicitis 14%
• Disability Days 14%
• Phlegmon 14%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Appendicitis 100%
• Antibiotics 50%
• Appendectomy 50%
• Diagnostic Imaging 16%
• Abscess 16%
• Phlegmon 16%
• Vermiform Appendix 16%
• Pediatrics 16%
• Quality of Life 16%

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science

• Appendicitis 100%
• Antibiotic Agent 50%
• Inflammation 33%
• Abscess 16%
• Phlegmon 16%