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Acute amebic appendicitis: Report of a rare case

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2010
Acute appendicitis of amebic origin is considered a rare cause of acute appendicitis. We report a case of amebic appendicitis presenting with fever, severe pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen and rebound tenderness.
Singh Naorem, Rifat Mannan A.A.S., Kahvic Mirza   +2 more
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Acute Appendicitis [PDF]

BMJ, 1958
D C, McPHAIL, J A, CAMPBELL
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Can the Neutrophil/Lymphocyte*Platelet Ratio Predict Acute Appendicitis? An Analytical Study

Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi
Aim: Our primary aim is to determine whether the neutrophil/lymphocyte*platelet ratio (NLPR) has the ability to predict acute appendicitis. Our secondary aim is to show whether the NLPR is effective in differentiating complicated and non-complicated ...
Abuzer ÖZKAN, Serdar ÖZDEMİR, Hatice Şeyma AKÇA, Muhammed Tahir AKÇA   +3 more
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Acute eosinophilic appendicitis and the significance of eosinophil - Edema lesion

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2010
Eight cases of a histological entity that we name ′acute eosinophilic appendicitis′ (AEA) are described and compared with classical acute appendicitis and appendices, which turned out to be normal after emergency appendicectomy.
Aravindan K, Vijayaraghavan Deepthy, Manipadam Marie   +2 more
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ULTRASONOGRAGHY: A GOOD AID TO THE CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Khyber Medical University Journal, 2012
Objective: to evaluate the value of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute-appendicitis, in clinically suspected cases. Methodology: This prospective observational study was carried out at DHQ Teaching hospital, Khyber Medical University,Institute ...
Fazal Ahmed, Mohammad Tahir, Qazi Tahir Uddin, Ejaz Ahmed Khan, Nafisa Batool Tahir, Shahid sardar, Bakhtier Ahmad   +6 more
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Public hospital costs and quality in the Dominican Republic [PDF]

Measuring costs in public hospitals in developing countries is hampered by the lack of an appropriate costing system, or of any systematic cost accounting. Invoices for goods and services, prices for inputs, and patient records are generally absent. As a
LaForgia, Gerard M., Lewis, Maureen A., Sulvetta, Margaret B.   +2 more
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Acute appendicitis: Standard treatment and the role of laparoscopic surgery [PDF]

, 2018
V. Conclusion: M. W. Büchler, Bern. Acute Appendicitis: The Role of Laparoscopic Surgery. The conclusion at the end of the meeting by M. W. Büchler, Bern, was that the standard treatment for acute appendicitis remains the classic open technique described
Büchler, M., Krähenbühl, L., Schneider, M., Schäfer, M.   +3 more
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Focused abdominal CT scan for acute appendicitis in children: can it help in need [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the focused abdominal CT scan [FACT] in clinically equivocal cases of acute appendicitis in paediatric population. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Radiology Department of Aga Khan Hospital, from August 2007 to
Akhtar, Waseem, Ali, Farzana Nawaz, Ali, Sumera, Arshad, Muhammad, Nadeem, Naila   +4 more
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The Diagnostic Value of D-dimer, Procalcitonin and CRP in Acute Appendicitis

International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2012
BACKGROUND: The early diagnosis of acute abdomen is of great importance. To date, several inflammatory markers have been used for the diagnosis of acute abdominal conditions, including acute appendicitis.
Bulent Kaya, Baris Sana, Cengiz Eris, Koray Karabulut, Orhan Bat, Riza Kutanis
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Advances in general surgical laparoscopy [PDF]

, 2013
Minimally invasive surgery has been with us for the past century. The lasl thirty years have seen an exponential growth in the development of laparoscopic techniques which allow major surgery to be performed through smaller incisions and less ...
Abela, Jo Etienne
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