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A Review of Acute Appendicitis [PDF]
Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2015 Acute abdomen can occasionally develop into a life-threatening condition requiring prompt diagnosis and emergency surgery. Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of those emergency surgeries.
Ki Hoon Kim
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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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Acta Medica Iranica, 2019 Acute appendicitis is considered as one of the most prevalent diseases needing urgent action. Diagnosis of appendicitis is often complicated, and more precision in diagnosis is essential.
Leila Shahmoradi +5 more
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Acute appendicitis: prospective evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose CT to reduce the need of standard CT [PDF]
, 2018 Objectives: To evaluate an algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose unenhanced CT with oral contrast medium (LDCT) in the assessment of acute appendicitis, to reduce the need of conventional CT.
Andereggen, Elisabeth +9 more
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Ileocecal appendix involvement in fabry disease mimicking an acute abdomen [PDF]
, 2014 Anderson-Fabry disease (AFD) is a rare, X-linked, lysosomal storage disorder due to a deficiency of alphagalactosidase A. The direct consequence is a lipid storage with the accumulation of glycosphingolipids throughout the body.
Cristi E +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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Sonography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Iranian South Medical Journal, 2003 Graded compressive sonography may be useful as an adjuvant in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. To determine the role of sonography in the differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis, preappendectomy sonographic data of 164 consecutive cases in ...
Ahmad Ryazi +4 more
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Surgery in Practice and Science, 2022 Introduction: Emergency surgery and hospitalisation has become a burden in rural areas owing to a shortage of surgeons. Acute appendicitis is a common emergency disease.
Shima Asano
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Appendicocecal Fistula – A Rare Complication of Appendicitis [PDF]
, 2011 Fistulisation of appendix to other organs or to the exterior through abdominal wall is a rare complication of appendicitis. We present one such rare case of appendicocecal fistula due to appendicitis in a patient initially managed conservatively for ...
Lone, Nazir Ahmad +3 more
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Mediators of Inflammation, 2019 Acute appendicitis is the most frequent surgical abdominal emergency, but its etiology remains poorly understood. Histological examination of the appendix, following its removal due to acute appendicitis, consistently shows features in common with ...
Nuno Carvalho +8 more
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