2016
DOI: 10.1590/0100-69912016004009
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Clinical-epidemiological profile of acute appendicitis: retrospective analysis of 638 cases

Abstract: de incidência baixa e de diagnóstico pré-operatório em apenas metade dos casos, a SM em graus avançados tem na anastomose biliodigestiva sua melhor conduta, porém não isenta de morbimortalidade.

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“…In the present study, cases of AA were more prevalent in males, in agreement with similar studies [21][22][23][24] , as well as the median age found, which was 29 years, similar to studies in which the higher prevalence of AA occurs in the second and third decades 7,21,23,24 .…”
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“…In the present study, cases of AA were more prevalent in males, in agreement with similar studies [21][22][23][24] , as well as the median age found, which was 29 years, similar to studies in which the higher prevalence of AA occurs in the second and third decades 7,21,23,24 .…”
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confidence: 93%
“…We found no relationship between the Alvarado scores and the presence of complications, but there were higher scores in complicated cases, an association also seen by Jalil et al 7 . In the present study, male patients presented higher complications rates, as observed by Nutels et al 33 and Iamarino et al 34 ; Lima et al 23 observed that evolution to death was more frequent in males. For Silva et al 32…”
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“…Appendicitis is an acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix, most likely due to luminal obstruction by a fecalith and/or lymphoid hyperplasia, among other possibilities [8]. Typically, the patient describes anorexia, acute ill-defined abdominal pain, beginning in the mesogastric region and then moving to the right iliac fossa, associated with fever, nausea, and vomiting [9].…”
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“…16 Em relação a essa classificação, percebeu-se que 48,4% das fazem-se necessários exames laboratoriais e o uso de medicamentos, em especial os antibióticos, os quais são administrados, na maioria das vezes, por via intravenosa. 23,24 Por fim, constatou-se que 95,4% dos usuários receberam alta hospitalar enquanto que 0,4% evoluiu para óbito, corroborando estudo realizado em um hospital universitário do Ceará, no qual 95,8% das crianças foram liberados mediante alta médica. 25 Esse achado é importante e mostra que a alta hospitalar aconteceu de forma majoritária, demonstrando a existência de boa condução clínica dos pacientes que estiveram internados na unidade pediátrica estudada.…”
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