Clinical practice. Acute appendicitis--appendectomy or the "antibiotics first" strategy

N Engl J Med. 2015 May 14;372(20):1937-43. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1215006.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Appendectomy*
  • Appendicitis / diagnosis
  • Appendicitis / drug therapy*
  • Appendicitis / physiopathology
  • Appendicitis / surgery*
  • Appendix / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents