"Post-appendectomy"A cute Appendicitis in a rural area: A surgical dilemma [PDF]
, 2016 Acute appendicitis is the commonest abdominal surgical emergency worldwide. Its diagnosis is a clinical one and its treatment is removal of the inflamed appendix. In this paper, three cases of acute "postappendectomy" appendicitis are presented.
Longombe, Ahuka Ona
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Living with acuteness in chronic illness: The temporal underpinnings of endometriosis
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how acuteness is experienced by people with endometriosis in Finland. Drawing on in‐depth interviews as well as anonymous written endometriosis stories, we trace instances when the sense of chronicity and cyclicality of endometriosis is disrupted by a possibility of risk to life. These instances include when endometriosis
Venla Oikkonen, Elina Helosvuori
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Synchronous acute appendicitis and acute cholecystitis, is it a myth or reality? A literature review
Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2019 Fatemah Buhamed,1 Maged Edward,2 Abdullah Shuaib21Department of General Surgery, Mubarak Al-kabeer Hospital, Kuwait, Kuwait; 2Department of General Surgery, Mubarak Al-kabeer Hospital, Kuwait, KuwaitAbstract: Acute appendicitis and acute cholecystitis ...
Buhamed F, Edward M, Shuaib A
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"It's Sink or Swim'': Exploring Patients' Challenges and Tool Needs for Self-Management of Postoperative Acute Pain [PDF]
Poorly managed postoperative acute pain can have long-lasting negative impacts and pose a major healthcare issue. There is limited investigation to understand and address the unique needs of patients experiencing acute pain. In this paper, we tackle this gap through an interview study with 14 patients who recently underwent postoperative acute pain to ...
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Mast cell density, neuronal hypertrophy and nerve growth factor expression in patients with acute appendicitis [PDF]
, 2002 In acute appendicitis, although the relationship between the enteric nervous system (ENS) and mast cells (MCs) has been described in a few studies, neither the expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) nor its relation to mast cell density (MCD) and ENS ...
Coskun, Nigar +2 more
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Prognostic Value of Serum Fibrinogen Level in Determining the Severity of Appendicitis Inflammation in Adult and Pediatric Patients Undergoing Appendectomy in Two Local Centres in Tehran [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Despite the recent advancements, negative appendectomy cases are notable, especially in children. We evaluated the prognostic value of serum fibrinogen level for the prediction of the severity of acute appendicitis. Methods: A cross-sectional
Farazmand, Behnood +5 more
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Uncertainty experienced by newly qualified doctors during the transition to internship
Medical Education, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Uncertainty is an inherent feature of medical practice. Uncertainty Tolerance (UT) describes how individuals experience and respond to uncertainty, with lower UT associated with negative outcomes, including burnout. Periods of career transition can be particularly uncertain, but there is little research into newly qualified ...
Molly Dineen +2 more
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Annals of Anthropological Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Ethnographic field schools provide students a real‐world experience in data gathering, analysis, and report writing. The field sites themselves become a key element in the learning process as students move out into the field with increasing confidence through the weeks of the program. The people and communities they encounter are both affected
Tim Wallace
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Repeatedly Appending Any Digit to Generate Composite Numbers [PDF]
Amer. Math. Monthly 121 (2014), no. 5, 416-421, 2019 We investigate the problem of finding integers $k$ such that appending any number of copies of the base-ten digit $d$ to $k$ yields a composite number. In particular, we prove that there exist infinitely many integers coprime to all digits such that repeatedly appending {\it any} digit yields a composite number.
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Mean Platelet Volume is Reduced in Acute Appendicitis
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015 SUMMARY: Objectives: Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common indication for emergency abdominal surgery, although it remains difficult to diagnose.
Egemen KUCUK, Irfan KUCUK
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