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‘How Does Nothing Show Up When I'm in So Much Agony?’: A Qualitative Study Exploring Patient Experiences of Non‐Specific Abdominal Pain in Acute Surgical Care

Health Expectations, Volume 29, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Non‐specific abdominal pain is a common and diagnostically challenging presentation in acute care, yet little is known about patient experiences within this setting. This study explores the experiences of patients attending a surgical same‐day emergency care (SDEC) unit with non‐specific abdominal pain.
Anna Kathryn Taylor, Daniel Romeu, Jess Dodd, Catherine Moriarty, Adam Peckham‐Cooper, Max Henderson, Elspeth Guthrie, Giles Toogood   +7 more
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Can RIPASA Scoring System Predict the Pathological Stage of Acute Appendicitis?

Emergency Medicine International, 2019
Introduction. Being one of the scoring systems used in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, the RIPASA score can be used easily with a high diagnostic accuracy. Objective.
Banu Karapolat
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A Multicenter Collaborative Study on the Safety and Efficacy of Laparoscopic Appendectomy During Pregnancy

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Volume 10, Issue 1, Page 275-280, January 2026.
Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) during pregnancy was evaluated in a multicenter retrospective study in Japan. LA showed comparable maternal and fetal safety to open appendectomy (OA), supporting the feasibility and safety of LA in pregnant patients. ABSTRACT Aim Acute appendicitis in pregnant women requires accurate diagnosis and treatment because of ...
Katsuhiro Ogawa, Tomonori Akagi, Hidefumi Shiroshita, Hiroshi Yoshida, Masashi Miguchi, Ken Eto, Tetsuji Ohyama, Akiyoshi Kanazawa, Keiji Matsuda, Koya Hida, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Naitoh, Masafumi Inomata, Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery   +13 more
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Extracellular matrix remodelling proteases in acute appendicitis and their impact on appendiceal perforation [PDF]

, 2010
Background Appendicitis is associated with varying degradation of extracellular matrix involved in tissue injury. The principal aim of this study was to investigate whether immunoreactive techniques could illustrate the course and severity of ...
Solberg, Anna
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Acute Stress Impacts Executive‐Social Function: Evidence From Prefrontal Activation and fNIRS‐Based Hyperscanning

Brain and Behavior, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.
Trends in increased PFC activation and increased IBS may be indicative of compensatory neural mechanisms preserving performance under stress. Cognitive flexibility correlated with cooperative outcomes, tentatively supporting a neurobehavioral executive‐social link during acute stress inviting more research.
Zhihua Guo, Yue Gong, Liu Yang, Yushan Li, Rui Qiu, Xia Zhu   +5 more
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Convolutional-neural-network-based diagnosis of appendicitis via CT scans in patients with acute abdominal pain presenting in the emergency department

Scientific Reports, 2020
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of abdominal emergencies. We investigated the feasibility of a neural-network-based diagnosis algorithm of appendicitis by using computed tomography (CT) for patients with acute abdominal pain visiting ...
Jin Joo Park, Kyung Ah Kim, Y. Nam, M. Choi, S. Choi, Jeongbae Rhie   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Donepezil‐Induced Severe Anorexia and T‐Wave Inversion in Early‐Onset Alzheimer's Disease: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Donepezil hydrochloride, used to treat Alzheimer's disease, is typically initiated at a low dose and titrated to minimize gastrointestinal side effects. Despite its favorable safety profile, the patient developed severe anorexia, dehydration, and electrocardiographic abnormalities.
Nobuyuki Takahashi, Takeshi Kuroda, Takashi Yoshioka, Hidetomo Murakami, Hironori Tanaka   +4 more
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Diagnostic value of the appendicitis inflammatory response (AIR) score. A systematic review and meta-analysis

World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Background Clinical scoring algorithms are cost efficient in patients with suspicion of acute appendicitis. This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic properties of the Appendicitis Inflammatory Response (AIR) score compared with the
Roland E. Andersson, Joachim Stark
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Prospective multicentre cohort trial on acute appendicitis and microbiota, aetiology and effects of antimicrobial treatment: study protocol for the MAPPAC (Microbiology APPendicitis ACuta) trial

BMJ Open, 2019
Introduction Based on the epidemiological and clinical data, acute appendicitis can present either as uncomplicated or complicated. The aetiology of these different appendicitis forms remains unknown.
Suvi Sippola, Juha Grönroos, Saija Hurme, Paulina Salminen, Sirpa Jalkanen, Erkki Eerola, Antti J Hakanen, Sanja Vanhatalo, Eveliina Munukka, Harri Marttila, V Sallinen, A Leppäniemi, T Rautio, S Meriläinen, P Nordström, J Laukkarinen, T Rantala, H Savolainen, M Aarnio, A Mattila, J Haijanen, E-L Sävelä, I Imre, H Paajanen, J Rintala, T Pinta, T Sippola, P Böckerman   +27 more
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Case Report: A Rare Gastrojejunal Connection Causing Internal Hernia

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Internal hernias are rare and often difficult to diagnose due to their nonspecific clinical presentation. We describe an unusual case of an internal hernia caused by an abnormal gastrojejunal connection, incidentally identified during a laparoscopic appendectomy.
Jingjun Yang, Chenfei Jiang
wiley   +1 more source