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infection of the appendix: a case of appendiceal tuberculosis in rural England.
BMJ Case Rep
March 2024
General Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barnstaple, UK.
Appendiceal tuberculosis is a rare mimic of acute appendicitis, demonstrated by several case reports of patients from tuberculosis endemic countries. On literature review, there are few cases reported of appendiceal tuberculosis in urban England, and no reports from rural England. This case describes a patient with primary appendiceal tuberculosis from a remote district hospital in England who underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy for suspected acute appendicitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial Determinants of Health are Associated With Postoperative Outcomes in Children With Complicated Appendicitis.
J Surg Res
November 2022
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. Electronic address:
Introduction: Socioeconomic disadvantage has been associated with increased complicated appendicitis rates. Our purpose was to analyze the complex interactions between social determinants of health (SDOH) and postoperative outcomes in pediatric appendicitis.
Materials And Methods: Children who underwent appendectomy at our institution (1/2015-12/2020) were retrospectively reviewed.
Public Perspectives on Decisions About Emergency Care Seeking for Care Unrelated to COVID-19 During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
JAMA Netw Open
August 2021
Cedars-Sinai Center for Outcomes Research and Education, Los Angeles, California.
Importance: Delaying critical care for treatable conditions owing to fear of contracting COVID-19 in the emergency department (ED) is associated with avoidable morbidity and mortality.
Objective: To assess and quantify how people decided whether to present to the ED during the COVID-19 pandemic for care unrelated to COVID-19 using conjoint analysis, a form of trade-off analysis that examines how individuals make complex decisions.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This cross-sectional survey study was conducted using a nationwide sample from June 1, 2020, during the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Integration of Physical Examination, Old and New Biomarkers, and Ultrasonography by Using Neural Networks for Pediatric Appendicitis.
Pediatr Emerg Care
December 2021
From the Department of Pediatric Emergency Care.
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate physical examinations, imaging, and laboratory analyses individually and combined using innovative statistical analysis methods for the accurate diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis.
Methods: Patients admitted to hospital with symptoms of abdominal pain whose pediatric appendicitis scores greater than 3 were included in the study. Clinical, radiologic, and laboratory findings and as a new biomarker calprotectin (CPT) concentrations were evaluated individually and combined using artificial neural networks (ANNs), which revealed latent relationships for a definitive diagnosis.
[Complicated colonic diverticulitis at 34 weeks gestation].
Ginekol Pol
December 2012
Oddział Połozniczo-Ginekologiczny, Tomaszowskie Centrum Zdrowia, Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Polska.
Peritonitis is a set of symptoms of varying etiology usually with an accompanying infection, systemic and local changes within the peritoneal cavity Colonic diseases, especially colon perforation, are one of the most common causes of peritonitis. The course of the disease may be turbulent due to sudden perforation. In case of limited peritonitis the disease is not as acute as the perforation hole is small and it can be sealed by the omentum and internal organs.
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