A Randomized Trial Comparing Antibiotics with Appendectomy for Appendicitis
Author(s) -
David R Flum,
Giana H Davidson,
Sarah E Monsell,
Nathan I Shapiro,
Stephen R Odom,
Sabrina E Sanchez,
F Thurston Drake,
Katherine Fischkoff,
Jeffrey Johnson,
Joe H Patton,
Heather Evans,
Joseph Cuschieri,
Amber K Sabbatini,
Brett A Faine,
Dionne A Skeete,
Mike K Liang,
Vance Sohn,
Karen McGrane,
Matthew E Kutcher,
Bruce Chung,
Damien W Carter,
Patricia Ayoung-Chee,
William Chiang,
Amy Rushing,
Steven Steinberg,
Careen S Foster,
Shaina M Schaetzel,
Thea P Price,
Katherine A Mandell,
Lisa Ferrigno,
Matthew Salzberg,
Daniel A DeUgarte,
Amy H Kaji,
Gregory J Moran,
Darin Saltzman,
Hasan B Alam,
Pauline K Park,
Lillian S Kao,
Callie M Thompson,
Wesley H Self,
Julianna T Yu,
Abigail Wiebusch,
Robert J Winchell,
Sunday Clark,
Anusha Krishnadasan,
Erin Fan,
Danielle C Lavallee,
Bryan A Comstock,
Bonnie Bizzell,
Patrick J Heagerty,
Larry G Kessler,
David A Talan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa2014320
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , antibiotics , quality of life (healthcare) , appendicitis , antibiotic therapy , acute appendicitis , surgery , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Antibiotic therapy has been proposed as an alternative to surgery for the treatment of appendicitis.
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