Inflammatory Diseases - Immunopathology, Clinical and Pharmacological Bases 2012
DOI: 10.5772/25303
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Acute Appendicitis – Propedeutics and Diagnosis

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“…5 Its overall incidence is ∼11 cases per 10,000 individuals per year, and may occur at any age, although it is relatively rare at the extremes of age. 6 A male preponderance exists with a male to female ratio of 1.4:1. 7 8 Some studies have suggested an equal incidence of appendicitis in both pregnant and non-pregnant women, but a recent large-scale case–control study has suggested in the reduction in incidence in pregnancy especially in third trimester.…”
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“…5 Its overall incidence is ∼11 cases per 10,000 individuals per year, and may occur at any age, although it is relatively rare at the extremes of age. 6 A male preponderance exists with a male to female ratio of 1.4:1. 7 8 Some studies have suggested an equal incidence of appendicitis in both pregnant and non-pregnant women, but a recent large-scale case–control study has suggested in the reduction in incidence in pregnancy especially in third trimester.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…acute appendicitis or non-acute cases, could cause severe abdominal pain which requires surgical appendectomy as a standard choice of treatment [3] [4]. In some most recent literatures, the acute inflammation is classified as non-complicated appendicitis-inflamed appendix, in the absence of gangrene, perforation, or abscess around the appendix and complicated appendicitis-perforated or gangrenous appendicitis or the presence of peri-appendicular abscess [5] [6]. There are two important components to the pathogenesis of acute appendicitis, i.e.…”
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