Risk of acute appendicitis in and around pregnancy: a population-based cohort study from England [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: To determine the absolute and relative risk of acute appendicitis during the antepartum and postpartum periods compared with the time outside pregnancy among women of childbearing age.
Agholor +35 more
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Ultrasonography in acute appendicitis
Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2017 Background & Objectives: This study was undertaken to establish the Ultrasonographic (USG) findings in acute appendicitis and to establish the accuracy of USG in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.Materials & Methods: One hundred patients who ...
V Natraj Prasad, Pramod Kumar Chhetri
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Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2023 BACKGROUND: Abdominal pain is a common and non-specific symptom in children. It is important to be able to distinguish the source of abdominal pain before surgery.
Fatma Özcan Siki +5 more
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Appendicular mass – a rare form of tuberculosis [PDF]
, 2017 Tuberculosis is in the top 10 causes of death worldwide, being one of the most deadly infectious diseases. It is estimated that one of three people from the entire earth population has a latent infection with M tuberculosis.
Balalau, Cristian +5 more
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Biomarkers of acute appendicitis: systematic review and cost–benefit trade-off analysis [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency and can represent a challenging diagnosis, with a negative appendectomy rate as high as 20 %.
Acharya, A, Hanna, GB, Markar, SR, Ni, M
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Acute Appendicitis in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children With COVID-19.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2020 S Africa has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Africa to date with Cape Town as the initial epicenter. Up to 20 August 2020, 78 children with positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)CoV-2 were admitted to ...
J. Lishman +7 more
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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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Obstructive Uropathy Secondary to Missed Acute Appendicitis
Case Reports in Surgery, 2016 Hydronephrosis is a rare complication of acute appendicitis. We present a case of missed appendicitis in a 52-year-old female which presented as a right-sided hydronephrosis.
Mahir Gachabayov
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Learning curve and period of experience required for the competent diagnosis of acute appendicitis using abdominal computed tomography: a prospective observational study [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2017 Objective To assess the learning curve of novice residents in diagnosing acute appendicitis using abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans. Methods This prospective observational study was conducted within a 4-month period from March 1 to June 30, 2015 ...
Ju-Hyun Song +6 more
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The role of 99mTc-Ubiquicidin (UBI) and 99mTc-IgG scintigraphies in diagnosis of acute appendicitis: A preliminary result [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies. In spite of the relatively high rate of negative appendectomy, as a result of miss diagnosis, uncertainty of diagnosis still continues to challenge physicians.
Assadi, M. +6 more
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