Machine learning enabled researchers to identify a genetic biomarker for predicting perforated appendicitis in children presenting with suspected appendicitis, according to a single-center prospective ...

Does abdominal irrigation decrease the risk for abscess formation after perforated appendicitis? To answer this question, the authors conducted a randomized trial (irrigation vs no irrigation) in 220 ...

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 ...

Patients presenting with non-specific abdominal pain concerning for acute appendicitis are common in Emergency Departments. It has traditionally been taught that, untreated, appendicitis will progress ...

Researchers have found in a new study published in BMC Surgery by Hao Lu, Shikuan Li, Dawei Zhang, Shengqiang Wang, Hairui ...

The type of hospital in which black, Hispanic and other minority patients receive care affects their odds of developing a perforated appendix, researchers from UCLA have found. The type of hospital in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Non-Hispanic Black adults had higher rates of delayed appendicitis diagnoses in the ED compared with white ...

Do not delay in taking your child to a hospital in case he or she complains of abdomen pain accompanied by fever and vomiting. It could be a case of perforated appendicitis, which if delayed can be ...

Using antibiotics as the primary treatment for mild appendicitis does not increase the risk for complications at least in the first year. But other considerations must also be taken into account, say ...

A new study describes the role of hospital type in race-based treatment disparities among pediatric appendicitis patients. When researchers from UCLA Medical Center investigated the link between ...

· Racially integrating hospitals would provide better clinical care, more sustainable health care system CHICAGO --- Non-Hispanic Black adults more frequently experience delays in receiving an ...