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Appendicitis (cont.)

Authors and Editors

Author: John P. Cunha, DO

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

References:

American Academy of Family Physicians; "Acute Appendicitis: Review and Update," wwww.aafp.org

www.emedicine.com; "Appendicitis."

S. Bendeck, M. Nino-Murcia, R. B. Jeffrey, "Imaging for Suspected Appendicitis: Negative Appendectomy and Perforation Rates" Radiology 2002; 225:131-136.

Previous contributing Authors and Editors:

Author: Britt A Durham, MD, Co-Director of Risk Management, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, King-Drew Trauma Center and University of California at Los Angeles.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Anthony Anker, MD, FAAEM, Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA.


Last Editorial Review: 11/21/2008


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