Appendicitis in low-resource settings

KE Bessoff, JD Forrester - Surgical Infections, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies globally.
Its incidence is increasing in low-and middle-Human Development Index countries …

Did the COVID-19 pandemic cause a delay in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis?

S Turanli, G Kiziltan - World Journal of Surgery, 2021 - Springer
Background Appendectomy for acute appendicitis remains one of the most common surgical
procedures. This study aims to assess the clinical presentation and delays in diagnosing …

Hyperbilirubinemia and hyponatremia as predictors of complicated appendicitis

A Shuaib, N Alhamdan, H Arian, MA Sallam… - Medical Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Several studies have reported elevated serum bilirubin or reduced serum sodium levels in
patients with complicated appendicitis (CA). This study examined the efficacy of …

Predictive ability of CT findings in the differentiation of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis: a retrospective investigation of 201 patients undergone …

J Iamwat, W Teerasamit, P Apisarnthanarak… - Insights into …, 2021 - Springer
Background Paradigm shift toward nonoperative management (NOM) of adult appendicitis
has made computed tomography (CT) more important than ever, particularly in …

Identification and experimental validation of key m6A modification regulators as potential biomarkers of osteoporosis

Y Qiao, J Li, D Liu, C Zhang, Y Liu, S Zheng - Frontiers in genetics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Osteoporosis (OP) is a severe systemic bone metabolic disease that occurs worldwide.
During the coronavirus pandemic, prioritization of urgent services and delay of elective care …

[HTML][HTML] Complicated appendicitis increases the hospital length of stay

AM Alotaibi, M Alfawaz, L Felemban, L Moshref… - Surgery Open …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background There are insufficient data from Saudi Arabia regarding appendectomy
outcomes and hospital length of stay. Further, there is a need to compare the length of stay …

Acoustical unmanned aerial vehicle detection in indoor scenarios using logistic regression model

G Iannace, G Ciaburro, A Trematerra - Building Acoustics, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, the data obtained from the acoustic measurements were used to train a model
based on logistic regression in order to detect a quadrotor's vehicle in indoor environment …

Risk factors and predictive model for dermatomyositis associated with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease

K Wang, Y Tian, S Liu, Z Zhang, L Shen… - Pharmacogenomics …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) is a significant
complication that determines the prognosis of dermatomyositis (DM). Early RP-ILD …

Clinical prediction rules in acute appendicitis: which combination of variables is more effective at predicting?

JC Martín-del Olmo, P Concejo-Cutoli… - Cirugía y …, 2022 - scielo.org.mx
Background: Clinical prediction rules have been designed to reduce variability and improve
the diagnostic process. However, there are no unanimous criteria regarding which of them is …

Development of a scoring model based on objective factors to predict gangrenous/perforated appendicitis

T Kobayashi, E Hidaka, I Koganezawa… - BMC …, 2023 - Springer
Background The mortality rate of gangrenous/perforated appendicitis is higher than that of
uncomplicated appendicitis. However, non-operative management of such patients is …