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. 
  • Pylephlebitis, portal-mesenteric thrombosis, and multiple liver abscesses owing to perforated appendicitis. 
  • 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