1990
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(06)80026-7
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A reappraisal of appendicitis in the elderly

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“…Main complications are perforation and abscess formation. A delay in diagnosis can result in perforation rates as high as 80% (13,14). Perforation may lead to peritonitis and even sepsis and death.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Main complications are perforation and abscess formation. A delay in diagnosis can result in perforation rates as high as 80% (13,14). Perforation may lead to peritonitis and even sepsis and death.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Yaşlı hastaların sadece beşte birinde apandisit sağ alt kadran ağrısı, anoreksi, ateş ve lökositoz gibi klasik bulguları ile seyreder; tablo daha az tipik ve bulgular siliktir (34). Bu durum tanı koymayı güçleştirir ve perforasyon olasılığını arttırır, tüm bu silik bulguların nedeni yaşlı hastaların periton iritasyonuna verdikleri azalmış yanıttır (11).…”
Section: Akut Apandisitunclassified
“…Bunlardan biri de yaşlı hastalarda ileus tespit edilen olgularda barsak obstrüksiyonlarının allta yatan önemli nedenlerinden birisinin de apandisit olduğudur. 70 yaş üzerindeki apandisit olgularının % 45'inde akut barsak tıkanıklığı da saptanmıştır (34,35). Bir diğer püf noktası ise idrar yolları enfeksiyonu ile apandisit tablosunun karışma olasılığıdır.…”
Section: Akut Apandisitunclassified
“…But, ultrasound may be favored because the first imaging test in children and pregnant ladies because of the risks related to radiation exposure from CT scans the appendix is an appendage or appendix like shape. It"s miles a wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind gives up of the cecum; it varies in the period and ends in a blind extremity [1]. The appendix is a part of the cecum from which it originates where the three tenia coli coalesce at the distal issue of the cecum.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%