 Appendicitis
"Appendicitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Acute inflammation of the APPENDIX. Acute appendicitis is classified as simple, gangrenous, or perforated.
| Descriptor ID |
D001064
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.463.099 C06.405.205.099 C06.405.469.110.207
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| Concept/Terms |
Ruptured Appendicitis- Ruptured Appendicitis
- Appendicitis, Ruptured
- Perforated Appendicitis
- Appendicitis, Perforated
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2011 | 9 | 0 | 9 | | 2012 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2013 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2016 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2018 | 9 | 0 | 9 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Appendicitis" by people in Profiles.
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Rentea RM, Snyder CL. Reverend Bayes and Appendicitis. Pediatrics. 2020 02; 145(2).
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Sujka JA, Weaver KL, Sobrino JA, Poola A, Gonzalez KW, St Peter SD. Efficacy of oral antibiotics in children with post-operative abscess from perforated appendicitis. Pediatr Surg Int. 2019 Mar; 35(3):329-333.
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Sobrino JA, Axt J, Sujka JA, Benedict LA, Wedel L, Millspaugh D, St Peter SD. Withholding Urinary Catheters in Children Receiving Patient-Controlled Analgesia for Appendicitis. J Surg Res. 2019 01; 233:100-103.
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Benedict LA, Sujka J, Sobrino J, Aguayo P, St Peter SD, Oyetunji TA. Same-Day Discharge for Nonperforated Appendicitis in Children: An Updated Institutional Protocol. J Surg Res. 2018 12; 232:346-350.
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Corkum KS, Oyetunji TA, Grabowski JE, Rigsby CK, Lautz TB. Absolute neutrophil count as a diagnostic guide for the use of MRI in the workup of suspected appendicitis in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jul; 54(7):1359-1364.
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Escolino M, Becmeur F, Saxena A, Till H, Masieri L, Cortese G, Holcomb GW, Esposito C. Infectious Complications After Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Pediatric Patients with Perforated Appendicitis: Is There a Difference in the Outcome Using Irrigation and Suction Versus Suction Only? Results of a Multicentric International Retrospective Study. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2018 Oct; 28(10):1266-1270.
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Baumann LM, Williams K, Oyetunji TA, Grabowski J, Lautz TB. Optimal Timing of Postoperative Imaging for Complicated Appendicitis. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2018 Oct; 28(10):1248-1252.
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Gonzalez DO, Lawrence AE, Cooper JN, Sola R, Garvey E, Weber BC, St Peter SD, Ostlie DJ, Kohler JE, Leys CM, Deans KJ, Minneci PC. Can ultrasound reliably identify complicated appendicitis in children? J Surg Res. 2018 09; 229:76-81.
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Yu YR, Sola R, Mohammed S, Lackey JT, John S, Rosenfeld E, Zhang W, St Peter SD, Shah SR. Foley catheters are not routinely necessary in children treated with patient-controlled analgesia following perforated appendicitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct; 53(10):2032-2035.
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Sola R, Theut SB, Sinclair KA, Rivard DC, Johnson KM, Zhu H, St Peter SD, Shah SR. Standardized reporting of appendicitis-related findings improves reliability of ultrasound in diagnosing appendicitis in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 May; 53(5):984-987.
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