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Validity of Appendicitis Inflammatory Response Score in Distinguishing Perforated from Non-Perforated Appendicitis in Children

open access: yesChildren, 2021
Background: This prospective observational study aimed to evaluate the validity of appendicitis inflammatory response (AIR) score in differentiating advanced (perforated) from simple (non-perforated) appendicitis in pediatric patients.
Z. Pogorelić   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Histopathological Study of Appendicectomy Specimens in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Hilly Region in South-Western India [PDF]

open access: yesNational Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Appendicitis is the most common emergency abdominal surgery done in the world. Incidence of appendicitis currently is 10 per 100000 population and the rate is increasing in India and other developing countries due to shift in eating ...
Mallikarjun Pattanashetti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Features and Preventability of Delayed Diagnosis of Pediatric Appendicitis

open access: yesJAMA Network Open, 2021
Key Points Question Which clinical features are associated with delayed diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis, and to what extent are delays preventable? Findings In this case-control study of 748 children, those who experienced delayed diagnosis had less ...
Kenneth A. Michelson   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diagnosis and classification of pediatric acute appendicitis by artificial intelligence methods: An investigator-independent approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Acute appendicitis is one of the major causes for emergency surgery in childhood and adolescence. Appendectomy is still the therapy of choice, but conservative strategies are increasingly being studied for uncomplicated inflammation. Diagnosis of acute
Kallarackal, Jim   +6 more
core   +1 more source

The diagnostic differentiation challenge in acute appendicitis: How to distinguish between uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis in adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Background: How to best define, diagnose and differentiate uncomplicated from complicated acute appendicitis remains debated. Hence, the aim of this review was to present an overview of the current knowledge and emerging field of acute appendicitis with ...
Skjold-Ødegaard, Benedicte   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Sarcopenia ‘made simple’ and outcomes from emergency laparotomy

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, Volume 92, Issue 12, Page 3198-3203, December 2022., 2022
CT‐assessed ratio of L3 vertebral body cross‐sectional area to total psoas muscle cross‐sectional area (L3:PM) is a simple yet significant predictor of 30‐, 90‐ and 365‐day mortality in emergency laparotomy patients. This study is the first to describe the association in an Australian population.
Yan Joyce Ming   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing predictive tools in surgery: A narrative review in the context of orthopaedic surgery

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, Volume 92, Issue 12, Page 3162-3169, December 2022., 2022
Clinical predictive tools are a topic gaining interest. Of all predictive tools developed, only a small proportion are implemented into clinical practice. In this narrative review, we discuss the key principles that guide the translation of predictive tools into clinical practice. We focus on examples in orthopaedic surgery.
Yuxuan Zhou   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the variability of pharmaco‐epidemiological studies assessing the risk of appendicitis with mRNA COVID‐19 vaccines

open access: yes, 2023
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 87-90, January 2023.
Clement Jambon‐Barbara   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of alcohol consumption in emergency presentations: Novel approach using two biomarkers, ethanol and phosphatidylethanol

open access: yesDrug and Alcohol Review, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 146-156, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Introduction The aim was to determine the prevalence of alcohol‐related presentations to an emergency department (ED) in a major Australian hospital, through a novel surveillance approach using two biomarkers, blood ethanol and phosphatidylethanol (PEth).
Cate M. Cameron   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

sB7H3 in Children with Acute Appendicitis: Its Diagnostic Value and Association with Histological Findings

open access: yesJournal of Immunology Research, 2020
Background. Several efforts have been made to find out a valuable marker to assist the diagnosis and differentiation of gangrenous/perforated appendicitis.
Xiaochen Du   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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