 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Appendicitis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Appendicitis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Appendicitis" by people in Profiles.
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Ranaweera C, Brar A, Somers GR, Sheikh F, Pierro A, Zani A. Management of pediatric appendiceal carcinoid: a single institution experience from 5000 appendectomies. Pediatr Surg Int. 2019 Dec; 35(12):1427-1430.
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Bedada AG, Hsiao M, Azzie G. HIV Infection: Its Impact on Patients with Appendicitis in Botswana. World J Surg. 2019 09; 43(9):2131-2136.
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Knaapen M, Hall NJ, van der Lee JH, Butcher NJ, Offringa M, Van Heurn EWE, Bakx R, Gorter RR. Establishing a core outcome set for treatment of uncomplicated appendicitis in children: study protocol for an international Delphi survey. BMJ Open. 2019 05 22; 9(5):e028861.
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Zani A, Hall NJ, Rahman A, Morini F, Pini Prato A, Friedmacher F, Koivusalo A, van Heurn E, Pierro A. European Paediatric Surgeons' Association Survey on the Management of Pediatric Appendicitis. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb; 29(1):53-61.
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Eng KA, Abadeh A, Ligocki C, Lee YK, Moineddin R, Adams-Webber T, Schuh S, Doria AS. Acute Appendicitis: A Meta-Analysis of the Diagnostic Accuracy of US, CT, and MRI as Second-Line Imaging Tests after an Initial US. Radiology. 2018 Sep; 288(3):717-727.
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Gorter RR, van der Lee JH, Heijsters FACJ, Cense HA, Bakx R, Kneepkens CMF, Wijnen MH, van der Steeg AFW, In't Hof KH, Offringa M, Heij HA. Outcome of initially nonoperative treatment for acute simple appendicitis in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Sep; 53(9):1849-1854.
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Svensson JF, Patkova B, Almström M, Naji H, Hall NJ, Eaton S, Pierro A, Wester T. Response to Letter: Is Antibiotic Alternative to Appendectomy? Ann Surg. 2017 07; 266(1):e4-e5.
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Svensson JF, Patkova B, Almström M, Naji H, Wester T, Hall NJ, Eaton S, Pierro A. Design of Studies for Antibiotic Treatment of Acute Appendicitis in Children: In Support of RCTs. Ann Surg. 2017 07; 266(1):e6-e7.
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Zani A, Teague WJ, Clarke SA, Haddad MJ, Khurana S, Tsang T, Nataraja RM. Can common serum biomarkers predict complicated appendicitis in children? Pediatr Surg Int. 2017 Jul; 33(7):799-805.
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Georgiou R, Eaton S, Stanton MP, Pierro A, Hall NJ. Efficacy and Safety of Nonoperative Treatment for Acute Appendicitis: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2017 Mar; 139(3).
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