Tag: appendicitis

1. In a cohort of individuals who underwent an appendectomy, those with a delayed diagnosis had higher hospital costs than ...

1. Operating within 24 hours was non-inferior to operating within 8 hours among patients diagnosed with uncomplicated appendicitis with respect ...

1. This retrospective study found that in patients initially presenting with acute appendicitis with appendicolithiasis, the length of hospital stay, ...

1. The rate of infectious complications and mortality at 90 days was similar between groups. 2. No treatment-related deaths were ...

This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark ...

1. No significant differences in treatment success and rate of adverse events were detected in 8 randomized controlled trials of ...

1. In a retrospective cohort study of approximately 73,000 children with non-perforated appendicitis, 14% were managed non-operatively with antibiotics, of which 20% experienced subsequent ...

Patients presenting with appendicitis are typically stratified as having either uncomplicated or complicated acute appendicitis, the latter of which may ...

Effect of Lanadelumab Compared With Placebo on Prevention of Hereditary Angioedema Attacks: A Randomized Clinical Trial Hereditary angioedema with C1 ...

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