Antibiotics for Acute Appendicitis.

Antibiotics for Acute Appendicitis.

Watkins Richard R

Internal Medicine Alert

2015

2015-09-15

The article reports that patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis can fair well without surgery as compared to clinical trial patients who underwent surgery, and states that patients had lower risk of complications during the one-year follow-up period.

Postoperative Complications; Antibiotics; Length of Stay; Decision Making; Appendectomy; Tomography; Human; Multicenter Studies; X-Ray Computed; Intravenous; Administration; Treatment Outcomes; Patient Education; Randomized Controlled Trials; Emergency Treatment; Antibiotics – Therapeutic Use; Appendicitis – Ultrasonography; Appendicitis – Drug Therapy; Appendicitis – Surgery

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