Overview and diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children

CC Glass, SJ Rangel - Seminars in pediatric surgery, 2016 - Elsevier
… chief complaints of children seen in the emergency department, and appendicitis represents
the … Appendicitis occurs in approximately 70,000 children in the United States per year and …

Acute appendicitis in children: emergency department diagnosis and management

SG Rothrock, J Pagane - Annals of emergency medicine, 2000 - Elsevier
children with suspected acute appendicitis.131, 132 Although the 2 largest (>5,000 total
children… % sensitive and 97% to 98% specific for appendicitis,131, 132 other studies have noted …

Acute appendicitis in children: evaluation with US.

F Vignault, D Filiatrault, ML Brandt, L Garel, A Grignon… - Radiology, 1990 - pubs.rsna.org
… to prospectively evaluate 70 children with clinically suspected acute appendicitis. Thirty-five …
of acute appendicitis. Thirty-one of these 35 patients had acute appendicitis documented by …

Acute appendicitis in children: not only surgical treatment

AM Caruso, A Pane, R Garau, P Atzori, M Podda… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2017 - Elsevier
… An accurate and early diagnosis of acute appendicitis is important to avoid both severe … in
younger children [3], [4]. In the recent years, even in children, acute appendicitis was no longer …

Acute appendicitis

MD Stringer - Journal of paediatrics and child health, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Acute appendicitis is the most common reason for abdominal surgery in children. Luminal
… Atypical presentations are particularly common in preschool children. A clinical diagnosis is …

Acute appendicitis: is there a difference between children and adults?

SL Lee, HS Ho - The American Surgeon, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
acute appendicitis more difficult in children, resulting in a higher perforation rate. Despite
this, the morbidity of acute appendicitis is usually lower in children. We … of acute appendicitis

Diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children using a clinical practice guideline

DS Smink, JA Finkelstein, BMG Peña… - Journal of pediatric …, 2004 - Elsevier
… (CPG) for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The CPG was … with patients evaluated for
acute appendicitis at our institution … Children’s Hospital Boston approved the research protocol. …

Nonoperative treatment of acute appendicitis in children

M Abeş, B Petik, S Kazıl - Journal of pediatric surgery, 2007 - Elsevier
Appendicitis is considered by many surgeons to be a … in such treatment in children with
acute appendicitis (AA) is … The authors hold that not all appendicitis cases respond to NT …

Inflammatory markers for acute appendicitis in children: are they helpful?

G Stefanutti, V Ghirardo, P Gamba - Journal of pediatric surgery, 2007 - Elsevier
… Diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children remains challenging, and … to exclude the presence
of acute appendicitis in children. … acute appendicitis in children has not been confirmed. …

Diagnostic value of blood inflammatory markers for detection of acute appendicitis in children

U Sack, B Biereder, T Elouahidi, K Bauer, T Keller… - BMC surgery, 2006 - Springer
… Included were all children between 4 and 14 years of age presenting with right lower … for
acute appendicitis. Patients with unspecific symptoms not suspicious to have appendicitis were …