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Acute Appendicitis in Childhood and Adulthood.

Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2020
BACKGROUND Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of the acute abdomen, with an incidence of 1 per 1000 persons per year. It is one of the main differential diagnoses of unclear abdominal conditions.
Patrick Téoule, J. Laffolie, U. Rolle, Christoph Reissfelder   +3 more
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Markers of neutrophil activation and extracellular traps formation are predictive of appendicitis in mice and humans: a pilot study

Scientific Reports, 2020
Appendicitis is one of the most frequent emergencies in pediatric surgery, yet current biomarkers for diagnosis are unspecific and have low predictive values.
Michael Boettcher, Melina Esser, Julian Trah, Stefan Klohs, Nariman Mokhaberi, Julia Wenskus, Madgalena Trochimiuk, Birgit Appl, Konrad Reinshagen, Laia Pagerols Raluy, Michaela Klinke   +10 more
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Factors Associated With Potentially Missed Diagnosis of Appendicitis in the Emergency Department

JAMA Network Open, 2020
Key Points Question What factors are associated with a potentially missed diagnosis of appendicitis in the emergency department among adults and children?
P. Mahajan, Tanima Basu, C. Pai, Hardeep Singh, N. Petersen, M. Bellolio, Samir K. Gadepalli, N. Kamdar   +7 more
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An effect of the COVID-19 pandemic: Significantly more complicated appendicitis due to delayed presentation of patients!

medRxiv, 2021
AIMS OF THE STUDY: The novel coronavirus pandemic has affected emergency department consultations for surgical pathologies. The aim of our study was to compare the number of acute appendicitis cases and the proportion of complicated appendicitis before ...
Marie Burgard, F. Cherbanyk, K. Nassiopoulos, S. Malekzadeh, F. Pugin, B. Egger   +5 more
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Validation of the Appendicitis Inflammatory Response (AIR) Score

World Journal of Surgery, 2021
Patients with suspicion of appendicitis present with a wide range of severity. Score-based risk stratification can optimise the management of these patients.
M. Andersson, B. Kołodziej, R. Andersson   +2 more
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The Role of Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (VCAM-1) in Predicting Complicated Appendicitis in Children

Diagnostics
Background: Acute appendicitis is a common abdominal emergency observed in emergency departments (ED). Distinguishing between uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis is important in determining a treatment strategy.
Wen-Ya Lin, En-Pei Lee, Chun-Yu Chen, Bei-Cyuan Guo, Mao-Jen Lin, Han-Ping Wu   +5 more
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Correlation between the serum and tissue levels of oxidative stress markers and the extent of inflammation in acute appendicitis

Clinics, 2014
OBJECTIVES: To determine the serum and tissue levels of markers of impaired oxidative metabolism and correlate these levels with the histopathology and Alvarado score of acute appendicitis patients.
Ersin Gürkan Dumlu, Mehmet Tokaç, Birkan Bozkurt, Murat Baki Yildirim, Merve Ergin, Abdussamed Yalçin, Mehmet Kiliç   +6 more
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Five-Year Follow-up of Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in the APPAC Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2018
Importance Short-term results support antibiotics as an alternative to surgery for treating uncomplicated acute appendicitis, but long-term outcomes are not known.
P. Salminen, R. Tuominen, H. Paajanen, T. Rautio, P. Nordström, M. Aarnio, T. Rantanen, S. Hurme, J. Mecklin, J. Sand, J. Virtanen, A. Jartti, J. Grönroos   +12 more
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The SIFIPAC/WSES/SICG/SIMEU guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis in the elderly (2019 edition)

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2020
The epidemiology and the outcomes of acute appendicitis in elderly patients are very different from the younger population. Elderly patients with acute appendicitis showed higher mortality, higher perforation rate, lower diagnostic accuracy, longer delay
P. Fugazzola, M. Ceresoli, V. Agnoletti, F. Agresta, B. Amato, P. Carcoforo, F. Catena, O. Chiara, M. Chiarugi, L. Cobianchi, F. Coccolini, A. de Troia, S. di Saverio, A. Fabbri, C. Feo, F. Gabrielli, A. Gurrado, A. Guttadauro, L. Leone, D. Marrelli, L. Petruzzelli, N. Portolani, F. Prete, A. Puzziello, M. Sartelli, G. Soliani, M. Testini, S. Tolone, M. Tomasoni, G. Tugnoli, P. Viale, M. Zese, Offir Ben Ishay, Y. Kluger, A. Kirkpatrick, L. Ansaloni   +35 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence and severity of acute appendicitis: a comparison between 2019 and 2020

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease in the number of patients presenting with acute appendicitis was observed. It is unclear whether this caused a shift towards more complicated cases of acute appendicitis.
J. Scheijmans, A. Borgstein, C. Puylaert, W. Bom, S. Bachiri, E. V. van Bodegraven, A. T. Brandsma, F. T. Ter Brugge, S. D. de Castro, R. Couvreur, L. Franken, M. Gaspersz, M. D. de Graaff, Hannah Groenen, Suzanne C. Kleipool, Toon J. L. Kuypers, M. Martens, D. Mens, R. Orsini, Nando J. M. M. Reneerkens, T. Schok, W. J. A. Sedee, Shahzad Tavakoli Rad, J. Volders, Pepijn D. Weeder, J. Prins, H. Gietema, J. Stoker, S. Gisbertz, M. Besselink, M. Boermeester, C. S. E. G. M. D. M. M. J. L. S. F. P. S. L. A. A. W. Andeweg Boerma Bolmers Bolster van-Eenennaam Booge, C. Andeweg, E. G. Boerma, M. Bolmers, M. J. Bolster van-Eenennaam, L. Boogerd, P. van Duijvendijk, S. Gans, A. V. van Geloven, P. Gobardhan, E. R. Hendriks, J. T. ten Holder, J. Hoogendoorn, T. de Hoop, J. van Kesteren, J. Konsten, S. Kucukcelebi, A. L. Lopes Cardozo, G. M. H. Marres, R. Matthijsen, A. du Mee, S. van der Meij, J. Melenhorst, F. V. van Osch, G. Patijn, R. Ploumen, T. J. M. Quanjel, T. F. van Rees Vellinga, M. D. de Roos, C. V. van Rossem, H. Q. V. Quarles van Ufford, H. V. van Santvoort, N. Sosef, D. Schweitzer, T. Verhagen   +65 more
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