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Acute Appendicitis in Children Younger than Five Years of Age: Diagnostic Challenge for Pediatric Surgeons.

Surgical Infections, 2020
Background: The aim of this study is the evaluation of clinical signs and outcomes of treatment in children under five years of age who underwent appendectomy because of acute appendicitis.
Z. Pogorelić   +3 more
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The Accuracy of Low-dose Computed Tomography Protocol in Patients With Suspected Acute Appendicitis: The OPTICAP Study.

Annals of Surgery, 2020
OBJECTIVE To compare diagnostic accuracy of contrast enhanced low-dose computed tomography (CT) accomplished in the OPTICAP trial phantom phase to standard CT in patients with suspected acute appendicitis.
S. Sippola   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Retrospective Analysis of the Trends in Acute Appendicitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, 2020
Background: The corona virus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) imposed new public health constraints that deterred people from coming to the hospital. The outcome of patients who developed appendicitis during mandated COVID-19 quarantine has yet to be examined.
Paige Finkelstein   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1981
A retrospective review of 1,000 cases of acute appendicitis, with analysis of the operative findings, subsequent histological diagnosis, infection rate, and length of stay in hospital, is presented.
W J, Boerema   +2 more
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Validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading system for acute appendicitis severity

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2020
Supplemental digital content is available in the text. OBJECTIVE The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) developed an anatomic grading system to assess disease severity through increasing grades of inflammation.
Charles A Mouch   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acute Appendicitis

InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice, 2003
The appendix was discovered in the 1500s, with the first successful appendectomy being performed in 1735. Throughout the history of medicine, diseases of the appendix have managed to cause confusion among doctors and harm to patients. Morbidity and mortality from appendicitis are improving, but still place a large burden on healthcare. Appendicitis is
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ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN CHILDREN

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1987
A prospective study was conducted on 344 children aged from 3 months to 16 years with acute appendicitis. Most children presented with typical features of acute appendicitis (70%) or peritonitis (28%). Atypical presentation was uncommon and occurred only in seven young children, masquerading as intestinal obstruction, gastroenteritis or urinary tract ...
Yiu, TF   +6 more
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Antibiotic Treatment and Appendectomy for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Adults and Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Annals of Surgery, 2019
MINI: The present meta-analysis demonstrates that, although limited by a lower efficacy compared to surgery, NOM with antibiotics could be considered a safe option for adults and pediatric patients with uncomplicated appendicitis, as it is successful in ...
M. Podda   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acute Appendicitis: A Meta-Analysis of the Diagnostic Accuracy of US, CT, and MRI as Second-Line Imaging Tests after an Initial US.

Radiology, 2018
Purpose To evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratios of US, CT, and MRI as second-line imaging modalities after initial US for assessing acute appendicitis in children and adults.
Kevin A Eng   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

JAUNDICE IN ACUTE APPENDICITIS

The Lancet, 1969
Abstract In a series of 120 consecutive cases of acute appendicitis jaundice ensued in 9 (7.5%) after appendicectomy. The jaundice was commonly associated with severe E. coli infection, and may be a hepatoxic effect of this organism. The jaundice was not severe and resolved quite quickly.
R. W. Irvine, D. F. Miller
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