News tagged with appendicitis
Appendicitis may be related to viral infections
Can you catch appendicitis? And if you do, is it necessarily an emergency that demands immediate surgery?
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Jan 18, 2010 |
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A Rapid Blood Test to Quickly Rule Out Appendicitis?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new a rapid blood test to rule out appendicitis among the 8 million patients who come to U.S. emergency rooms with abdominal pain each year may save patients from unnecessary radiation from a diagnostic ...
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Apr 02, 2010 |
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Smart phones allow quick diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Radiologists can accurately diagnose acute appendicitis from a remote location with the use of a handheld device or mobile phone equipped with special software, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of ...
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Nov 30, 2009 |
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Air pollution may trigger appendicitis
A new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) suggests that air pollution may trigger appendicitis in adults.
Oct 05, 2009 |
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A urine test for appendicitis?
Appendicitis is the most common childhood surgical emergency, but the diagnosis can be challenging, especially in children, often leading to either unnecessary surgery in children without appendicitis, or ...
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Jun 23, 2009 |
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Surgery sooner rather than later better for children with perforated appendicitis
For children with a perforated appendix, early appendectomy appears to reduce the time away from normal activities and has fewer adverse events as compared to another common option, the interval appendectomy, which is performed ...
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Children in areas with few pediatricians at higher risk for serious appendix ruptures
Children who live in areas with fewer pediatricians are more likely to suffer life-threatening ruptures of the appendix than those in areas with more pediatricians, even when accounting for other factors such ...
Dec 29, 2010 |
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New possibility to determine the severity of appendicitis
The symptoms of appendicitis are often diffuse and it can be difficult to obtain an accurate diagnosis early in the course of the disease. It may be possible to predict the severity from a blood sample, and in this way determine ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Appendectomy may be best for patients with positive CT exam
When CT results suggest appendicitis, but a patient's symptoms are inconsistent with the acute condition, physicians should consider a diagnosis of chronic or recurrent appendicitis and surgical treatment, according to a ...
May 26, 2010 |
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Low-dose CT method, delivering 50 percent less radiation, correctly identifies patients with appendicitis
Patients with possible appendicitis are typically evaluated using a standard-dose contrast enhanced CT, but a low-dose unenhanced CT that delivers approximately 50% less radiation is just as effective, according to a study ...
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Treating appendicitis by laparoscopic surgery may not be worth the cost
New research published in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggests that a traditional, "open" appendectomy may be preferable to a less-invasive laparoscopic appendectomy for the majori ...
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Appendicitis
Appendicitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix. It is classified as a medical emergency and many cases require removal of the inflamed appendix, either by laparotomy or laparoscopy. Untreated, mortality is high, mainly because of the risk of rupture leading to peritonitis and shock. Reginald Fitz first described acute and chronic appendicitis in 1886, and it has been recognized as one of the most common causes of severe acute abdominal pain worldwide. A correctly diagnosed non-acute form of appendicitis is known as "rumbling appendicitis".
The term "pseudoappendicitis" is used to describe a condition mimicking appendicitis. It can be associated with Yersinia enterocolitica.
For more information about Appendicitis, read the full article at
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