Childhood appendicitis. A clinical profile.
Indian Pediatr
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1993 Jan; 30(1): 97-100
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-11416
ABSTRACT
A study to assess the reliability of clinical symptoms and signs in 50 patients with a presumptive diagnosis of acute appendicitis is presented. The male to female ratio was 3 2, with age ranging from 2 to 15 years. Abdominal pain was present in 42; tenderness was localized in 35, generalized in 11 and diffuse in 4 patients. Total leucocyte count was above 11,000/cu mm in 31, below 11,000/cu mm in 17 and above 18,000/cu mm in 2. Of the 48 operated patients, 8 had normal appendices and the diagnosis in them was Meckel's diverticulitis 3, ruptured ovarian follicle 2, mesenteric adenitis 2, and salpingo-oophoritis 1. Abdominal pain and right iliac fossa tenderness with contributory investigations are the most reliable indicators of acute appendicitis with a false positive rate of 16.66% only.
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Main subject:
Appendicitis
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Abdominal Pain
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Acute Disease
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Adolescent
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Diagnostic Errors
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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