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Acute appendicitis in infants [PDF]
Acute appendicitis is very uncommon in the first year of life and often its presentation is atypical with high risk of complications. Hereby, we present 4 clinical cases of infants, who were diag- nosed with acute appendicitis in our hospital over the ...
Di Nardo, Giovanni+6 more
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Correlation between the serum and tissue levels of oxidative stress markers and the extent of inflammation in acute appendicitis [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To determine the serum and tissue levels of markers of impaired oxidative metabolism and correlate these levels with the histopathology and Alvarado score of acute appendicitis patients.
Ersin Gürkan Dumlu+6 more
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Concurrent COVID-19 infection in children with acute appendicitis: A report of three cases [PDF]
Literature describing patients with concomitant COVID-19 infection with acute appendicitis in pediatric patients is growing, and understanding the clinical picture of such patients is relevant in their treatment.
Maximo J. Acevedo, BS+4 more
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Background: It has been more than 130 years since Reginald Fitz described for the first time the pathomorphological changes of the acute appendicitis and after the first appendectomy that was performed by H.
Iurii Bazeliuc+2 more
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Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of surgical abdomen. A delay in diagnosis and subsequent delay in intervention may lead to appendicular perforation which leads to peritonitis and further complications including death.
Manoranjan Ghosh +3 more
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DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS AND APPENDICULAR PERFORATION: EVALUATION OF PLATELET INDICES AND RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH AS EMERGING BIOMARKERS [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency worldwide. Recent studies on hematological inflammatory markers concerning acute appendicitis have shown variable results.
Chetan AG, Vijaya PATIL
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Acute appendicitis in people living with HIV: What does the emergency surgeon needs to know?
Acute appendicitis is among the commonest surgical emergencies seen in an acute setting. Individuals living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and/or the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have an increased risk of encountering ...
Arshad Mahmood+4 more
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The microbiome in adult acute appendicitis
Acute appendicitis is a common acute surgical emergency; however, the pathogenesis of adult appendicitis remains poorly understood. The microbiome is increasingly thought to play a key role in inflammatory disease of the bowel and similarly, may play a ...
Mei Sze Lee+3 more
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The association between appendicitis severity and patient age with appendiceal neoplasm histology-a population-based study [PDF]
Purpose Recent studies have reported alarming appendiceal tumor rates associated with complicated acute appendicitis, especially in patients presenting with a periappendicular abscess.
Alajääski, Jenny+11 more
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