title: [Perforated appendicitis in children: evaluation of delayed diagnosis].
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00960.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Lugo-Vicente
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pacheco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors