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Complicated appendicitis increases the hospital length of stay

Surgery Open Science, 2022
Background: There are insufficient data from Saudi Arabia regarding appendectomy outcomes and hospital length of stay. Further, there is a need to compare the length of stay of Saudi patients and the literature.
Abdulrahman Muaod Alotaibi, MD, Mohammed Alfawaz, MD, Lina Felemban, MD, Leena Moshref, MD, Rana Moshref, MD   +4 more
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Role of Hyperbilirubinaemia as a Predictor of Complicated Appendicitis in Paediatric Population

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2022
Background: Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency amongst the paediatric population. Available diagnostic tools are focussed to make a diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Dinesh Prasad Koirala, Amit Kumar Gupta, Geha Raj Dahal, Bibek Man Shrestha, Suraj Shrestha, Subita Neupane, Rameshwar Prasad Pokharel   +6 more
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Evaluation of urine analysis in adults with simple and complicated appendicitis

Ankara Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Acute appendicitis is one of the common abdominal emergencies. We aimed in this study to evaluate whether routine urinalysis may use in discriminating between simple appendicitis and complicated appendicitis in the emergency department ...
Handan Özen Olcay, Emine Emektar, Meral Tandoğan, Tuba Şafak, Hakan Bulus, Yunsur Cevik   +5 more
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Evaluation of Serum Bilirubin as a Predictive Marker for Simple and Complicated Appendicitis in Sulaimani Emergency Teaching Hospital

Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research, 2018
Diagnosis of acute appendicitis can be challenging in some cases as the differentials can be exhaustive. Previous studies have demonstrated that hyperbilirubinemia is a more specific marker for appendicitis than white blood count (WBC) and C-reactive ...
Seerwan Hama Shareef, Seerwan Hama Shareef, Dara Ahmed Mohammed, Goran Ameer Ahmed   +3 more
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An Evaluation of Serum IgE and Th2-Associated Interleukins in Children With Uncomplicated and Complicated Appendicitis

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
BackgroundThe pathogenesis of appendicitis is not understood completely and establishing a correct diagnosis can be clinically challenging. Previous investigations have shown an association between a T helper cell (Th)2-mediated inflammatory response ...
Johanna Gudjonsdottir, Johanna Gudjonsdottir, Bodil Roth, Bodil Roth, Gustav Lovén, Bodil Ohlsson, Bodil Ohlsson, Lars Hagander, Lars Hagander, Martin Salö, Martin Salö   +10 more
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Usefulness of several factors and clinical scoring models in preoperative diagnosis of complicated appendicitis.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundThe preoperative distinction between uncomplicated and complicated appendicitis is important to determine the appropriate treatments, such as antibiotics, surgery, or interval appendectomy.
Kenji Fujiwara, Atsushi Abe, Toshihiro Masatsugu, Tatsuya Hirano, Kiyohisa Hiraka, Masayuki Sada   +5 more
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The Diagnostic Differentiation Challenge in Acute Appendicitis: How to Distinguish between Uncomplicated and Complicated Appendicitis in Adults

Diagnostics, 2022
(1) 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 ...
Benedicte Skjold-Ødegaard, Kjetil Søreide   +1 more
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Therapeutic strategy for acute appendicitis based on laparoscopic surgery

BMC Surgery, 2023
Purpose The treatment strategies for acute appendicitis differ depending on the facility, and various studies have investigated the usefulness of conservative treatment with antibiotics, laparoscopic surgery, and interval appendectomy (IA).
Masahiro Shiihara, Yasuhiro Sudo, Norimasa Matsushita, Takeshi Kubota, Yasuhiro Hibi, Harushi Osugi, Tatsuo Inoue   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pericarditis as complication of appendicitis

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2004
Pericarditis as a complication of appendicitis is a rare event. In a 25-year period we encountered two pediatric cases with this severe complication due to (a)typical presentation of appendicitis resulting in small bowel obstruction, intraabdominal abscesses, constrictive pericarditis, and purulent pericarditis.
Tan, E.C.T.H., Rieu, P.N.M.A., Nijveld, A., Backx, A.P.C.M., Meis, J.F.G.M., Severijnen, R.S.V.M.   +5 more
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Predictive ability of CT findings in the differentiation of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis: a retrospective investigation of 201 patients undergone appendectomy at initial admission

Insights into Imaging, 2021
Background Paradigm shift toward nonoperative management (NOM) of adult appendicitis has made computed tomography (CT) more important than ever, particularly in differentiating complicated from uncomplicated disease.
Jidapa Iamwat, Wanwarang Teerasamit, Piyaporn Apisarnthanarak, Napakadol Noppakunsomboon, Rathachai Kaewlai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source