Despite wide spread availability of sophisticated diagnostic imaging, acute appendicitis in
pre-school children remains a diagnostic challenge. Most of these children present late …

Being one of the most common causes of the acute abdomen, acute appendicitis (AA) forms
the bread and butter of any general surgeon's practice. With the recent advancements in …

Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Emergency Department
Patients With Suspected Appendicitis - Annals of Emergency Medicine Skip to Main Content …

Objectives: Clinical scoring systems attempt to improve the diagnostic accuracy of pediatric
appendicitis. The Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) was the first score created specifically …

Abstract Background Clinical prediction rules (CPRs) provide an objective method of
assessment in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. There are a number of available CPRs …

Appendicectomy is the most commonly performed emergency operation worldwide with a
lifetime risk of appendicitis of 8.6% in males and 6.7% in females (Flum and Koepsell 2002; …

Background Acute appendicitis is the most common non-gynecological emergency during
pregnancy. The diagnosis of appendicitis during pregnancy is challenging due to changes …

Background: Acute appendicitis represents the most frequent reason for abdominal surgery
in children. Since diagnosis can be challenging various scoring systems have been …

Introduction: Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency. Accurate diagnosis and
timely intervention reduces mortality and morbidity. This study compared the efficacy of …

Introduction The objective of this bibliometric analysis was to investigate the citation pattern
of studies that have developed a diagnostic tool to diagnose appendicitis. Methods We …