Acute Appendicitis in Infants. A Case Report

• Main Authors: Sergio Luis González López (Author), Rubén López Cruz (Author), Zoe Quintero Delgado (Author), Guillermo Máximo Cortiza Orbe (Author), Berta Emelina Fonseca Romero (Author), Yordan Ponce Rodríguez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Acute appendicitis is more common in school-age children, but it rarely occurs in infants. The younger the patient, the fastest the course of the disease. In addition, there are greater risks of complications. A case of a nine-month-old infant, admitted to the pediatric hospital with fever and diarr...