Acute Appendicitis – Propedeutics and Diagnosis

Petroianu, Andy

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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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Homoeopathic Management of Sub-acute Appendicitis—A Case Report

Nath

Palit²,

Kundu³

et al. 2022

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Sub-acute appendicitis is a condition where some episodes of acute appendicitis apparently subside spontaneously before they reach the acute stage. A 29-year-old man presented with pain in the right iliac fossa for the last 1 week with periumbilical radiation of pain associated with continual nausea, occasional bouts of vomiting, chill and rigours. Computed tomography scan report suggested a case of sub-acute appendicitis. On the basis of presenting features, the patient was treated with Belladonna and Calcarea carbonica in 30c and 200c (centesimal) potencies, respectively, with repetitions. The patient was under treatment for nearly 6 months with favourable improvement of the generalities along with the underlying pathology. The case was indicative of further studies with adequate sample size in such pathological condition to come to any decisive conclusion.

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Homoeopathic Management of Sub-acute Appendicitis—A Case Report

Nath

Palit²,

Kundu³

et al. 2022

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“…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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Impact of Some Antibiotics on Bacteria Isolated from Appendices in Kirkuk Province, Iraq

Bazzaz¹,

Lor²,

Mahdi³

2018

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A bacteriological study of 50 appendectomy cases for patients diagnosed by physicians to be appendicitis, within Kirkuk province was carried out to isolate the habitat bacteria of appendix and to assess the impact of some antibiotics on isolated bacterial species from the appendices. The age of patients ranged between 3 -45 year old (21 male and 29 female). The culture results showed 94% single isolate with 2% negative growth and 4% mixed growth were obtained. The gram positive bacteria isolate formed (11.77%) less than gram negative (88.23%). The total isolates represented 51 included Escherichia coli 34 (66.66%), followed by Enterococcus faecalis 3 (5.89%), Klebsiella pneumonia 3 (5.89%), Citrobacter youngae 2 (3.92%), Raultella terrigena 2 (3.92%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2 (3.92%), Enterrobacter cloacae 1 (1.96%), Serratia fonticola 1 (1.96%), Entercoccus faecium 1 (1.92%), Staphylococcus epidermides 1 (1.96%) and Staphylococcus xylosus 1 (1.96%). The Staphylococcus xylosus was the first time to be isolated in Kirkuk city while both of Raultella terrigena and Citrobacter youngae were isolated for the first time in appendix samples. Only 16 various antibiotics were tested against Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa while 12 and 7 against Staphylococcus sp. and Enterococcus sp., respectively. The Imipenem and Amikacin were found to be most effective antibiotics against all Enterobacteriaceae isolates and Pseudomonas aeruginosa while Ampicillin, Piperacillin, Ceftazidime, Augmentin, and Cephalothin were ineffective against all isolated bacteria. The Penicillin and Vancomycin were effective against gram positive bacteria.

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Acute Appendicitis – Propedeutics and Diagnosis

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References 47 publications

Homoeopathic Management of Sub-acute Appendicitis—A Case Report

Homoeopathic Management of Sub-acute Appendicitis—A Case Report

Impact of Some Antibiotics on Bacteria Isolated from Appendices in Kirkuk Province, Iraq

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