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Pediatric Appendicitis

Surgical Clinics of North America, 2017
Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical pathologies in children. It can present with right lower quadrant pain. Scoring systems in combination with selective imaging and surgical examination will diagnose most children with appendicitis. Clinical pathways should be used.
Rebecca M, Rentea, Shawn D, St Peter
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Recurrent appendicitis

British Journal of Surgery, 1997
The existence of appendiceal inflammation which resolves spontaneously without surgical intervention has long been controversial. This study was undertaken, therefore, to determine the existence and incidence of recurrent appendicitis.The existence of a large database of patients with abdominal pain enabled a retrospective study of the casenotes of the
M D, Barber, J, McLaren, J B, Rainey
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Acute Appendicitis in Children Younger than Five Years of Age: Diagnostic Challenge for Pediatric Surgeons

Surgical Infections, 2020
Background: The aim of this study is the evaluation of clinical signs and outcomes of treatment in children under five years of age who underwent appendectomy because of acute appendicitis.
Z. Pogorelić   +3 more
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The Accuracy of Low-dose Computed Tomography Protocol in Patients With Suspected Acute Appendicitis: The OPTICAP Study.

Annals of Surgery, 2020
OBJECTIVE To compare diagnostic accuracy of contrast enhanced low-dose computed tomography (CT) accomplished in the OPTICAP trial phantom phase to standard CT in patients with suspected acute appendicitis.
S. Sippola   +7 more
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Appendicitis update

Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2011
The diagnostic approach to children with possible appendicitis remains challenging. Although advances in imaging have improved diagnostic accuracy over clinical judgment alone, new management strategies continue to evolve. This review serves as an update on imaging, biomarkers, and management of appendicitis.Abdominal computed tomography (CT) and ...
Kara E, Hennelly, Richard, Bachur
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Acute appendicitis

Emergency Nurse, 2012
Appendicitis is the most common abdominal emergency condition and, while clinical diagnoses may be straightforward in patients who present with the classic signs and symptoms of appendicitis, atypical presentations can lead to diagnostic confusion and delays in treatment.
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Acute Appendicitis

2021
“Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks: but an accumulation of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house”, wrote the mathematician Henri Poincare. However, as surgeons and doctors, we have to face and consider our own “facts”. We are ageing! This is the first fact.
Mauro Podda   +7 more
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Diagnosis and Management of Acute Appendicitis.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2022
D. Talan
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Acute Appendicitis

InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice, 2003
The appendix was discovered in the 1500s, with the first successful appendectomy being performed in 1735. Throughout the history of medicine, diseases of the appendix have managed to cause confusion among doctors and harm to patients. Morbidity and mortality from appendicitis are improving, but still place a large burden on healthcare. Appendicitis is
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Viral appendicitis

Human Pathology, 1981
Two cases of viral appendicitis are presented. The morphologic changes are compatible with adenovirus infection. Both cases showed the common combination with ileal and ileocecal intussusception. The light microscopic changes are described.
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