Chapter 38
Appendicitis
Carolyn A Paris,
Eileen J Klein,
Carolyn A Paris
Search for more papers by this authorEileen J Klein
Search for more papers by this authorCarolyn A Paris,
Eileen J Klein,
Carolyn A Paris
Search for more papers by this authorEileen J Klein
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Virginia A Moyer,
Elizabeth J Elliott,
Ruth Gilbert,
Terry Klassen,
Stuart Logan,
Craig Mellis,
David J Henderson-Smart,
Katrina Williams,
Virginia A Moyer
Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Associate Director, Center for Clinical Research and Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, the University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorElizabeth J Elliott
Associate Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health University of Sydney, and Consultant Paediatrician, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorRuth Gilbert
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Epidemiology and Honorary, Consultant Paediatrician, Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Statistics Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Search for more papers by this authorTerry Klassen
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorStuart Logan
Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology, Director, Institute of Health and Social Care Research, Peninsula Medical School St Luke's Campus Exeter, UK
Search for more papers by this authorCraig Mellis
Professor and Foundation Head of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorDavid J Henderson-Smart
Director, Centre for Perinatal Health Services Research, Queen Elizabeth Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorKatrina Williams
Staff Specialist, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 13 May 2004
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Background
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Framing answerable clinical questions
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Searching for evidence
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Future research needs
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