CHILDHOOD MORTALITY FROM ACUTE APPENDICITIS: THE IMPACT OF ANTIBIOTICS

1 November 1971

journal article
research article
Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia

Vol. 2 (20) , 1009-1014
https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb92679.x

Abstract

Childhood mortality from appendicitis during the past 40 years is reviewed. Mortality data from 10,491 cases of appendicitis at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, were studied, together with m...

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