Reducing Post-Operative Hospital Length of Stay following Uncomplicated Appendectomy in Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Clinical Study
An uncomplicated appendectomy in children is common. Safely minimizing the post-operative length of stay is desirable from hospital, patient, and parent perspectives. In response to an overly long mean length of stay following uncomplicated appendectomies in children of 2.5 days, we developed clinic...
Main Authors: | Michelle A. Jeski, Jennifer D. Stanger, Melissa S. Schafer, Andrew W. Osten, Gregory P. Conners |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-02-01
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Series: | Healthcare |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/4/474 |
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