Appendicitis
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Subject Areas on Research
- ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Right Lower Quadrant Pain-Suspected Appendicitis.
- Abdominal pain resembling acute appendicitis in Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- Acute appendicitis in children: an evaluation with ultrasound.
- Acute appendicitis: added diagnostic value of coronal reformations from isotropic voxels at multi-detector row CT.
- Agammaglobulinemia, neutropenia, fever, and abdominal pain.
- Amyand's hernia: a case series with critics of role of appendectomy.
- Amyand's hernia: a review.
- An evidence-based clinical protocol for diagnosis of acute appendicitis decreased the use of computed tomography in children.
- Appendectomy using single-incision pediatric endosurgery for acute and perforated appendicitis.
- Appendicitis, body mass index, and CT: is CT more valuable for obese patients than thin patients?
- Balantidium coli infestation as a cause of acute appendicitis.
- CT protocols for acute appendicitis: time for change.
- Children with appendicitis on the US-Mexico border have socioeconomic challenges and are best served by a freestanding children's hospital.
- Clinical practice. Suspected appendicitis.
- Comparison of conventional and simulated reduced-tube current MDCT for evaluation of suspected appendicitis in the pediatric population.
- Complicated appendicitis--is the laparoscopic approach appropriate? A comparative study with the open approach: outcome in a community hospital setting.
- De Garengeot's hernia.
- Diagnostic errors of right lower quadrant pain in children: beyond appendicitis.
- Differential regulation of leucocyte L-selectin (CD62L) expression in normal lymphoid and inflamed extralymphoid tissues.
- Does early ultrasonography affect management of pediatric appendicitis? A prospective analysis.
- Does this child have appendicitis?
- Emergency General Surgery-A Misnomer?
- Fat-containing lesions revealed by CT in children with right lower quadrant pain.
- Fluid therapy for the pediatric surgical patient.
- Graded compression sonography of abdominal neoplasms mimicking acute appendicitis.
- Gynecologic and surgical complications in type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
- Imaging of acute appendicitis in children: EU versus U.S. ... or US versus CT? A North American perspective.
- Impact of sonography on the diagnosis and treatment of acute lower abdominal pain in children and young adults.
- Individual utilities are inconsistent with rationing choices: A partial explanation of why Oregon's cost-effectiveness list failed.
- Influence of diagnostic and treatment factors in the population pharmacokinetics of gentamicin.
- Insurance status and race represent independent predictors of undergoing laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis: secondary data analysis of 145,546 patients.
- Interval laparoscopic appendectomy for appendicitis complicated by pylephlebitis.
- Irrigation versus suction alone during laparoscopic appendectomy for perforated appendicitis: a prospective randomized trial.
- Laparoscopic Extracorporeal Appendectomy in Overweight and Obese Children.
- Laparoscopic appendectomy in the elderly.
- Laparoscopic appendectomy outcomes on the weekend and during the week are no different: a national study of 151,774 patients.
- Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: outcomes comparison based on a large administrative database.
- MDCT of acute appendicitis: value of coronal reformations.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of acute appendicitis in pregnancy: a 5-year multiinstitutional study.
- Making the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: do more preoperative CT scans mean fewer negative appendectomies? A 10-year study.
- Operation versus antibiotics--The "appendicitis conundrum" continues: A meta-analysis.
- Pathologic features of enteric infection with Yersinia enterocolitica.
- Percutaneous abscess drainage in patients with perforated acute appendicitis: effectiveness, safety, and prediction of outcome.
- Postoperative antibiotic therapy for children with perforated appendicitis: long course of intravenous antibiotics versus early conversion to an oral regimen.
- Racial disparities in outcomes after appendectomy for acute appendicitis.
- Results of a pilot trial comparing prolonged intravenous antibiotics with sequential intravenous/oral antibiotics for children with perforated appendicitis.
- Routine versus selective abdominal computed tomography scan in the evaluation of right lower quadrant pain: a randomized controlled trial.
- Safety and Efficacy of Polymeric Clips for Appendiceal Stump Closure.
- Saline vs Tissue Plasminogen Activator Irrigations after Drain Placement for Appendicitis-Associated Abscess: A Prospective Randomized Trial.
- Schistosomiasis: a rare cause of acute appendicitis in the African American population in the United States.
- Septic thrombophlebitis of the superior mesenteric vein: an unusual complication of appendicitis.
- Severity of appendicitis correlates with the pediatric appendicitis score.
- Single incision versus standard 3-port laparoscopic appendectomy: a prospective randomized trial.
- Sonography of benign cystic teratoma of the ovary: pitfalls in diagnosis.
- Substantial postoperative pain is common among children undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy.
- Suspected appendicitis.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the accuracy of MRI to diagnose appendicitis in the general population.
- The Utility of the Alvarado Score in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in the Elderly.
- The cecal appendix: one more immune component with a function disturbed by post-industrial culture.
- The impact of urban health insurance reform on hospital charges: a case study from two cities in China.
- Umbilical Negative Pressure Dressing for Transumbilical Appendectomy in Childern.
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Keywords of People
- Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine