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Usefulness of serum sodium levels as a novel marker for predicting acute appendicitis severity: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Surgery, 2023
Background Early and accurate preoperative diagnosis of complicated appendicitis mandates the identification of new markers. The aim of this study is to determine whether preoperative serum sodium levels are useful for predicting the severity of acute ...
Bruno Messias, Isabella Cubas, Caio Oliveira, Flavia Hashimoto, Erica Mocchetti, Tania Ichinose, Jaques Waisberg, Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Junior   +7 more
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Predictors of complicated appendicitis among patients presented to public referral hospitals in Harari region, Eastern Ethiopia: a case-control study

Surgery in Practice and Science, 2022
Background: Complicated appendicitis makes up a significant proportion of acute appendicitis. There are well established associated factors for the development of complications, but the magnitude varies between developed and developing countries.
Badhaasaa Beyene Bayissa, Fufa Miressa, Adnan Abulkadir, Gelana Fekadu   +3 more
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Hyponatremia—A New Diagnostic Marker for Complicated Acute Appendicitis in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Children, 2022
Background: Acute appendicitis in the pediatric population remains a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. Despite many biochemical markers, imaging modalities and scoring systems, initial misdiagnosis and complication rates are high in children.
Sachit Anand, Nellai Krishnan, Jana Ròs Birley, Goran Tintor, Minu Bajpai, Zenon Pogorelić   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Asymmetric Information With Multiple Risks: The Case of the Chilean Private Health Insurance Market

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We extend the Rothshild and Stiglitz (1976) model to two sources of risk –inpatient and outpatient risk– to better proxy real‐world health insurance markets. We uncover an interesting theoretical possibility: Take individuals A and B, who are low risks in, say, the inpatient dimension but A is riskier in the outpatient dimension.
Dolores de la Mata, Matilde P. Machado, Pau Olivella, Nieves Valdés   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Smoking on the Complications of Acute Appendicitis

Journal of Coloproctology, 2023
Introduction The pathophysiology of appendicitis likely stems from obstruction of the appendiceal orifice leading to an increase in intraluminal and intramural pressure, resulting in small vessel occlusion and lymphatic stasis.
Raed Esttaifan Rezqallah, Abdulhadi L. Alrubaie   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS; TO COMPARE LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY AND OPEN APPENDECTOMY AS TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS

THE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2017
Appendectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed in surgicalemergency. The advent of minimal invasive surgery has massively influenced the field of surgery.Laparoscopic surgery might offer clinical benefits in perforated and complicated appendicitis.Objective: To compare laparoscopic appendectomy and open appendectomy as treatment ...
Awais Shuja, Professor M Ramzan, Nadia Sharif   +2 more
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Weekly Subcutaneous VK2735, a GIP/GLP‐1 Receptor Dual Agonist, for Weight Management: Phase 2, Randomized, 13‐Week VENTURE Study

Obesity, EarlyView.
Four doses of VK2735 and a placebo group were included in the VENTURE study. Adults who were overweight or had obesity had significant weight loss when taking any dose of VK2735 for 13 weeks. More people lost at least 10% of their body weight as the dose increased.
Harold E. Bays, Phillip Toth, Naim Alkhouri, John Pullman, Bradley Freilich, Joel Neutel, Summer Ji, Scott Stubbe, Parke Hedges, Brian Lian   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retrospective analysis of 331 acute appendicitis patients: how appendicolith and CT features aid in differentiating complicated vs. uncomplicated appendicitis

BMC Gastroenterology
Purpose Appendicoliths are one of the important causes of acute appendicitis. Currently, there is no consensus on the relationship between appendicoliths and complicated appendicitis, and opinions on the treatment of appendicolith-associated appendicitis
Dawei Zhang, Shengqiang Wang, Haoyang Li, Zixuan Fu, Jing Zhang, Zhen Liu, Shikuan Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy and Safety of Tirzepatide in Japanese Participants With Obesity: A Subpopulation Analysis of the SURMOUNT‐1 Trial

Obesity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This prespecified subpopulation analysis aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of once‐weekly tirzepatide versus placebo alongside lifestyle intervention in Japanese adults with obesity or overweight. Methods Data from 102 Japanese adults in the SURMOUNT‐1 trial with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 or ≥ 27 kg/m2 and ≥ 1 weight‐related comorbidity ...
Yasushi Ishigaki, Masamichi Yamada, Tomotaka Shingaki, Tomonori Oura, Iichiro Shimomura   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retrospective cohort study of the impact of faecoliths on the natural history of acute appendicitis

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2023
Background Despite acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies, its aetiology remains incompletely understood. Aim This study aimed to assess the rate at which faecoliths were present in acute appendicitis treated with ...
Mei Sze Lee, Rachel Purcell, Andrew McCombie, Frank Frizelle, Timothy Eglinton   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source