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Prospective Observational Study on acute Appendicitis Worldwide (POSAW)
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2018 BackgroundAcute appendicitis (AA) is the most common surgical disease, and appendectomy is the treatment of choice in the majority of cases. A correct diagnosis is key for decreasing the negative appendectomy rate.
M. Sartelli +147 more
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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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DEN Open, Volume 6, Issue 1, April 2026.ABSTRACT Spontaneous regression of endoscopically invasive colorectal cancer (CRC) after biopsy has been rarely reported. We report three cases of endoscopically invasive CRC with spontaneous regression after biopsy and a review of the literature regarding spontaneous regression of CRC with somatic mismatch repair deficiency (MMR‐d).
Fumiya Okano +8 more
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Does Orally-Administered Radiocontrast Impair Ultrasound Image Quality in Pediatric Patients? [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: It is commonly assumed that orally-administered radiocontrast material (ORC) preceding abdominal ultrasound (US) performance can obscure image quality and potentially impair diagnostic accuracy when assessing patients with abdominal pain ...
Arroyo, Alexander +8 more
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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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Acta Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 2, Page 399-407, February 2026.ABSTRACT Aim Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies in children and differentiating uncomplicated appendicitis from complicated is crucial. Our aim was to examine accuracy of preoperative C‐reactive protein (CRP) combined with imaging findings in identifying patients with uncomplicated outcome.
Jenny Puputti +2 more
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Spot urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid is not an ideal diagnostic test for acute appendicitis [PDF]
, 2016 Background and purpose of the studyThere is growing evidence to suggest the use of urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) test to help with the diagnosis of appendicitis.
Afshin Alijani +24 more
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Surgical approach for appendicitis in neutropenia: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2022 Ushanthan Uthayanan +3 more
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Computed tomography for diagnosis of acute appendicitis in adults.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019 BACKGROUND Diagnosing acute appendicitis (appendicitis) based on clinical evaluation, blood testing, and urinalysis can be difficult. Therefore, in persons with suspected appendicitis, abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) is often used as an add-on ...
B. Rud +4 more
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