Clinical profile and risk factors for perforation of acute appendicitis in children

Acute appendicitis in the elderly: risk factors for perforation

BACKGROUND Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency and becomes serious when it perforates. Perforation is more frequent in the elderly patients. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors of perforation in elderly patients who presented with acute appendicitis. METHODOLOGY The medical records of 214 patients over the age of 60 years who had a pathologically confir...

Risk factors of delayed diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children: for early detection of acute appendicitis

PURPOSE This study examined the risk factors of a delayed diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children undergoing an appendectomy. METHODS This retrospective study involved children aged below 18 years, who underwent an appendectomy. After dividing them into a delayed diagnosis group and nondelayed diagnosis group according to the time interval between the initial hospital visit and final diag...

Time to appendectomy and risk of perforation in acute appendicitis.

IMPORTANCE In the traditional model of acute appendicitis, time is the major driver of disease progression; luminal obstruction leads inexorably to perforation without timely intervention. This perceived association has long guided clinical behavior related to the timing of appendectomy. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether there is an association between time and perforation after patients present ...

Environmental Risk Factors for Acute Leukemia and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children

Abstract Objective The incidence of childhood cancer has been increasing nearly one percent per year for the past two decades. Leukemia and lymphoma are the most common types of childhood cancers. This study assessed the relation between environmental factors (Hydrocarbon, agricultural toxin, insecticide) and leukemia/lymphoma in children, which was evaluated by the frequency of the parents...

Clinical presentation of acute appendicitis in Babol, northern Iran