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Diagnosis and classification of pediatric acute appendicitis by artificial intelligence methods: An investigator-independent approach [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Acute appendicitis is one of the major causes for emergency surgery in childhood and adolescence. Appendectomy is still the therapy of choice, but conservative strategies are increasingly being studied for uncomplicated inflammation. Diagnosis of acute
Kallarackal, Jim +6 more
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Diagnostic value of systemic immune inflammation index in acute appendicitis
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2023 SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis is often difficult and involves a synthesis of clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings.
K. Şener +4 more
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A Bizarre Cause of Acute Appendicitis in a Pediatric Patient: An Ingested Tooth
Children, 2023 (1) Background: Among all possible causes, foreign bodies are the rarest cause of appendicitis in the pediatric population. In the majority of cases, ingested foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract without causing symptoms. However, those
Z. Pogorelić, Tin Čohadžić
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JAMA Surgery, 2022 Importance Appendectomy remains the standard of care for uncomplicated acute appendicitis despite several randomized clinical trials pointing to the safety and efficacy of nonoperative management of this disease.
Rodrigo Moisés de Almeida Leite +11 more
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Endoscopy, 2022 Background and study aims: To assess the efficacy and clinical outcomes of endoscopic retrograde appendicitis therapy (ERAT) versus laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) for patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis (AA).
Bao-Ren Yang +9 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2021 Importance Antibiotics are an effective and safe alternative to appendectomy for managing uncomplicated acute appendicitis, but the optimal antibiotic regimen is not known.
S. Sippola +21 more
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Children, 2022 Background: Acute appendicitis in the pediatric population remains a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. Despite many biochemical markers, imaging modalities and scoring systems, initial misdiagnosis and complication rates are high in children.
S. Anand +5 more
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Non-operative management of acute appendicitis in children
Pediatric surgery international (Print), 2022 Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies in children and adults. Appendectomy as the standard care has been challenged in the recent years with growing evidence about non-operative treatment as a potential primary treatment in patients
Soma Jumah, T. Wester
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Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2020 Background and aims Acute appendicitis (AA) is among the most common causes of acute abdominal pain. Diagnosis of AA is still challenging and some controversies on its management are still present among different settings and practice patterns worldwide.
S. di Saverio +59 more
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Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2021 Non-operative management (NOM) of acute appendicitis has been assessed in several studies before COVID-19 pandemic. This systematic review aimed to assess the extent of adoption, efficacy, and safety of NOM of acute appendicitis in the setting of COVID ...
S. Emile +3 more
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