title: Improving care with a pediatric appendicitis pathway.
authors.affiliation: Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, USA. plh@achis.ach.uams.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Higginbotham
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000465:Algorithms; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*