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A Randomized Trial Comparing Antibiotics with Appendectomy for Appendicitis
New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 BACKGROUND Antibiotic therapy has been proposed as an alternative to surgery for the treatment of appendicitis. METHODS We conducted a pragmatic, nonblinded, noninferiority, randomized trial comparing antibiotic therapy (10-day course) with ...
Sabrina E Sanchez +2 more
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Acute appendicitis in people living with HIV: What does the emergency surgeon needs to know? [PDF]
SAGE Open Medicine, 2021 Acute appendicitis is among the commonest surgical emergencies seen in an acute setting. Individuals living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and/or the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have an increased risk of encountering ...
Arshad Mahmood +4 more
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Delayed diagnosis of paediatric appendicitis during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, 2020 To present seven paediatric patients with appendicitis, all with late diagnosis resulting from different aspects of the fear from the current global COVID‐19 pandemic.
Ori Snapiri +2 more
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Retrospective analysis of 331 acute appendicitis patients: how appendicolith and CT features aid in differentiating complicated vs. uncomplicated appendicitis [PDF]
BMC GastroenterologyPurpose Appendicoliths are one of the important causes of acute appendicitis. Currently, there is no consensus on the relationship between appendicoliths and complicated appendicitis, and opinions on the treatment of appendicolith-associated appendicitis
Dawei Zhang +6 more
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Predictors of true appendicitis in pregnancy: a pathology-based 10-year cohort study [PDF]
BMC SurgeryBackground To evaluate the diagnostic value of physical examination, ultrasonography (USG), and white blood cell (WBC) count in pregnant patients with suspected acute appendicitis and to determine which parameters are most significant in differentiating ...
Alper Aytekin +6 more
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Diagnosing acute appendicitis in children with neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsBackgroundDiagnosing acute appendicitis (AA) in children can be challenging due to atypical symptoms and the difficulty in obtaining a comprehensive history. This study aimed to evaluate the value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in diagnosing
Mohamed Mahmoud Shalaby +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 BackgroundUncomplicated and complicated acute appendicitis seem to be two different forms of this common abdominal emergency. The contribution of appendiceal microbiota to appendicitis pathogenesis has been suggested, but differences between ...
Sanja Vanhatalo +7 more
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Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Abstract We have presented a case of barium appendicitis, which is a rare complication of barium enema studies. Barium sulfate is used widely for gastrointestinal radiographic studies and is associated with few complications. Clinicians need to be fully aware of this complication.
Daisuke Omura +5 more
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BMC Gastroenterology, 2023 Background Appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency worldwide, and its burden has been changing. We report the level and trends of appendicitis prevalence, and incidence; and years lived with disability (YLD) in 204 countries and ...
Linjing Guan +6 more
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Cureus, 2023 Appendicitis, an acute inflammation of the appendix, affects all demographic groups and exhibits various incidences and clinical manifestations. While acute appendicitis typically presents with colicky periumbilical abdominal pain that localizes to the ...
Sophia Echevarria +8 more
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