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Medicina, 2022 Background and Objecitves: Appendicitis is one of the most frequent surgical emergencies in pediatric surgery. Complicated appendicitis can evolve with appendicular peritonitis characterized by the diffusion of the pathological process to the peritoneal ...
Laura Bălănescu +4 more
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Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2022 Aim: Diagnostic biomarkers are needed for pediatric acute appendicitis (AA). We hypothesized that presepsin (soluble CD14 subtype), a biomarker for sepsis, can also be used in pediatric AA and aimed to investigate its diagnostic value in those patients ...
Serçin Taşar +7 more
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Pediatrics and NeonatologyBackground: Acute appendicitis is the most common type of acute abdomen that requires surgical intervention in children. According to general pediatric textbooks, the presence of vomiting before abdominal pain is considered a classic patient history item
Hiroki Kitaoka +4 more
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BMC Surgery, 2023 Background Acute appendicitis is the leading cause of emergency pediatric surgical admissions in the world. The diagnosis is may be difficult and is often dependent on clinical parameters. This study was aimed at reviewing the clinical presentations, the
Belachew Dejene Wondemagegnehu
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Atypical Clinical Features of Pediatric Appendicitis [PDF]
Academic Emergency Medicine, 2007 BackgroundThe diagnosis of appendicitis remains challenging in children. Delays in diagnosis, or misdiagnosis, have important medical and legal implications. The typical, or classic, presentation of pediatric appendicitis has been modeled after adult disease; however, many children present atypically with subtle findings or unusual signs.ObjectivesTo ...
Theresa, Becker +2 more
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Clinical Prediction Scores for Pediatric Appendicitis [PDF]
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020 Abstract Introduction The rate of misdiagnosis of appendicitis in children is a challenge and clinical prediction scores could be part of the solution. However, the pediatric appendicitis score (PAS) and the Alvarado score have shown disappointing diagnostic accuracy in pediatric validation studies, while the appendicitis inflammatory ...
Johanna Gudjonsdottir +3 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on management and outcomes of pediatric appendicitis [PDF]
, 2023 In our single-center retrospective study, we aimed to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management and outcomes of pediatric appendicitis over a six-month period. Specifically, we evaluated for differences in the length of hospital stay,
Samhan, Ashraf
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The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Background:Children with acute abdominal pain represent most of the admitted cases to the pediatric surgical department, one third of these cases are acute appendicitis.
Ali F Abdullah +2 more
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Хірургія дитячого віку, 2019 Точная и своевременная диагностика острого аппендицита у детей остается актуальным вопросом. Одним из направлений является разработка стандартных диагностических шкал, включающих клинические симптомы и лабораторные данные.
V. G. Vakulchyk +2 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective We describe the frequency, risk factors, severity, and management of actionable and serious adverse events (AAE and SAE) in children with newly diagnosed Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) in Canada. Methods We enrolled patients within 3 months of JIA diagnosis in the Canadian Alliance of Pediatric Rheumatology Investigators (CAPRI) Registry,
Bashayer Alnuaimi +10 more
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