Assessing the Longitudinal outcomes of Piperacillin/tazobactam versus ceftriAxone and metronidazole for Children with perforated Appendicitis (ALPACA): A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

• Daniel Briatico,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Pediatric Surgery Research Collaborative, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8665-9492

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• Nadia Safa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Pediatric Surgery Research Collaborative, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5605-8619

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• Helene Flageole,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Pediatric Surgery Research Collaborative, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Sarah Khan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-2643

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• Jeffrey Pernica,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-5402

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• Mohamed Eltorki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Pediatric Emergency Medicine, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Eyal Cohen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Paediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Michael H. Livingston

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: livingm@mcmaster.ca

  Affiliations Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Pediatric Surgery Research Collaborative, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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