Key Clinical Points Acute Appendicitis Appendicitis is the most common reason for
emergency abdominal surgery, with a lifetime incidence of 7 to 14%. As compared with open …

This article is a general review of the diagnostic tools that the clinician can use for the early
diagnosis of acute appendicitis with emphasis on the Alvarado Score, and it is aimed …

Importance Antibiotic therapy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis is effective in adult
patients, but its application in pediatric patients remains controversial. Objective To compare …

Acute appendicitis (AA) is a common abdominal emergency with a lifetime prevalence of
about 7%. As the clinical diagnosis of AA remains a challenge to emergency physicians and …

La apendicitis aguda es causa frecuente de asistencia al servicio de urgencias y la
apendicectomía predomina como una de las intervenciones quirúrgicas de urgencia más …

Background For decades, urgent operation has been considered the only appropriate
management of acute appendicitis in children. The purpose of this study was to investigate …

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of abdominal emergencies. We
investigated the feasibility of a neural-network-based diagnosis algorithm of appendicitis by …

Background In the last decades, several clinical scores have been developed and currently
used to improve the diagnosis and risk management of patients with suspected acute …

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in pediatric acute
appendicitis. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 230 children aged 5-15 years with the …

Purpose As appendicitis in children can be managed differently according to the severity of
the disease, we investigated whether commonly used serum biomarkers on admission could …