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Discriminating complicated from uncomplicated appendicitis by ultrasound imaging, computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy

open access: yesBJS Open, 2020
Background Discriminating complicated from uncomplicated appendicitis is crucial. Patients with suspected complicated appendicitis are best treated by emergency surgery, whereas those with uncomplicated appendicitis may be treated with antibiotics alone.
W. Bom   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diagnostic value of serum thiobarbituric acid reactive substances levels in pediatric acute appendicitis [PDF]

open access: yes
Purpose: This study aims to show the diagnostic value of Serum Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances in pediatric appendicitis. Method: Eighty-five pediatric patients hospitalized in the pediatric surgery ward with acute appendicitis and a control ...
Altuntaş, Gürkan   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Serious outcomes among emergency department patients with presyncope: A systematic review

open access: yesAcademic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Syncope is transient loss of consciousness, and in presyncope, patients experience same prodromal symptoms without losing consciousness. While studies have extensively reported the risk of serious outcome among emergency department (ED) syncope, the outcome for patients with presyncope and their management are not well studied.
Hadi Mirfazaelian   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prospective multicentre cohort trial on acute appendicitis and microbiota, aetiology and effects of antimicrobial treatment: study protocol for the MAPPAC (Microbiology APPendicitis ACuta) trial

open access: yesBMJ 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   +27 more
doaj   +1 more source

WSES Jerusalem guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis

open access: yesWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2016
Acute appendicitis (AA) is among the most common cause of acute abdominal pain. Diagnosis of AA is challenging; a variable combination of clinical signs and symptoms has been used together with laboratory findings in several scoring systems proposed for ...
S. di Saverio   +45 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pericarditis with cardiac tamponade - a misleading complication of appendicitis : a rare case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Introduction: As severe complication of appendicitis as effusive pericarditis is a rare phenomenon. Taking into consideration open access data in a 50-year period we perceived three pediatric cases with pericarditis as a complication of appendicitis ...
Palczewska, Dorota   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A Th2 Cytokine Profile in Appendicular Lavage Fluid Suggests Allergy as a Possible Etiology for Acute Appendicitis

open access: yesMediators 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
doaj   +1 more source

String Rearrangement of Gauge Theories [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 1994
Feynman diagram expressions in ordinary field theories can be written in a string-like manner. The methods and the advantages for doing so are briefly discussed.
arxiv  

Balancing small against large burdens [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Common principles for resource allocation in health care can prioritize the alleviation of small health burdens over lifesaving treatment. I argue that there is some evidence that these principles are at odds with a sizable share of public opinion, which
Voorhoeve, Alex
core   +3 more sources

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