title: Decision making on management of adult patients with acute appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wan-Ching
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lien
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsiu-Po
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kao-Lang
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: f92842006@ntu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Chien-Jen
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies