title: Why do delays in treatment occur? Lessons learned from ruptured appendicitis.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Bickell
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Siu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States