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Article: Appendicitis in the Young Child: Making the Right Diagnosis.(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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Appendicitis in the Young Child: Making the Right Diagnosis
Author: Mark S. Mannenbach, MD, Division Head, Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, MN
Peer Reviewer: Ronald M. Perkin, MD, MA, Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Appendicitis is a serious diagnosis with the potential for catastrophic outcomes in any age group, but especially in the young child. Although the clinician may have this diagnosis in the differential for select patient populations, this article ...