Tag: appendicitis

1. Time from initial emergency department evaluation to appendectomy onset was not associated with increased odds of appendiceal perforation (AP). ...

1. In a prospective study of over 570 children with appendicitis, ultrasound (US) is highly specific but not sensitive in ...

1. In a retrospective review of over 96 000 children with acute appendicitis, there was a significant decrease in the ...

  1. In a prospective trial of 168 patients with suspected acute appendicitis (AA), patients that underwent external compression (EC) ...

1. In patients with suspected appendicitis and equivocal ultrasound results, a low clinical score such as the Alvarado or Pediatric ...

1. In young patients with right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain who present to the emergency department, abdominal magnetic resonance imaging ...

1. In patients with suspected acute appendicitis, baseline computed tomography (CT) studies identified predictors of surgical management, same-day discharge and ...

1. For CT-proven, uncomplicated appendicitis, antibiotic treatment was not shown to be non-inferior compared to appendectomy. 2. Most patients randomized ...

Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, a small, fingerlike tube that ...

Image: PD In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past ...