title: [Causes of late diagnosis of appendicitis in children].
abstract: The author evaluates the case-history of 51 children with perforated appendicitis treated during 1984-1995 at the First Surgical Clinic of the Faculty Hospital Olomouc. The purpose was to find an answer to the problem why in these children the diagnosis was delayed and whose was the fault of the substantial deterioration of the health status. In the evaluation four groups of causal responsibility are differentiated: a very rapid development of appendicitis-parents, arriving late in the surgery-paediatricians-surgeons. The authors discuss circumstances associated with the diagnostic error and delay.
authors.affiliation: I. chirurgická klinika FN a LF UP, Olomouc.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zlámal
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Príciny pozdní diagnostiky apendicitidy u dĕtí.