ArticleSurgery research and practice2020
Do Racial/Ethnic and Economic Factors Affect the Rate of Complicated Appendicitis in Children?
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- Low income and health literacy: a systematic scoping review.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Pooled it
- Complicated Appendicitis in a Universal Healthcare System: Do Ethnic Disparities Persist?Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2026Article
- Pediatric Morbidity Among Black Haitians in Canada: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Biorhythms derived from consumer wearables predict postoperative complications in children.Science advances · 2025Article
- Complicated appendicitis and associated risk factors among children.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections after Paediatric Appendectomies in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Coastal Karnataka.F1000Research · 2025Article
- Using shock index, pediatric age adjusted (SIPA) to predict prolonged length of stay in perforated appendicitis: a retrospective review.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
- Perforated Appendicitis in Children: Management, Microbiology, and Antibiotic Stewardship.Paediatric drugs · 2024Review
- Risk factors for complications after emergency surgery for paediatric appendicitis: a national prospective observational cohort study.Anaesthesia · 2024Observational
- Characterizing Inequities in Pediatric Appendicitis Delayed Diagnosis and Perforation.Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice · 2024Article
- Ethnic disparities in pediatric appendicitis: the impact of hispanic ethnicity on presentation, complications, and postoperative outcomes.International journal of colorectal disease · 2024Article
- Acute pediatric appendicitis in black and white: clinical disparities, impact and future recommendations.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Review
- Characteristics of employment history and self-perceived barriers to healthcare access.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Review
- Hypoxic respiratory failure in acute appendicitis: A bronchoperitoneal fistula as the presenting symptom of appendicitis in the setting of pediatric COVID-19.Journal of pediatric surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Pre-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pediatric Acute Appendicitis: Risk Factors Model and Diagnosis Modality in a Developing Low-Income Country.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionAppendicitis continues to be one of the most common surgical conditions in the pediatric population. We set out to determine demographic and practice variations among children admitted with appendicitis and highlight the racial/ethnic and healthcare access role in relation to the rate of complicated appendicitis using the 2012 Kids' Inpatient Database (KID).
resultsIn 2012, a total of 89, 935 out of 2.7 million pediatric hospital discharges (3.3%) had a diagnosis of appendicitis. The incidence of appendicitis was higher in males (4.7%), 6-15-year age group (7.43%), Hispanics (5.2%), and in the Western region (5.2%) and was lower in infants (0.02%) and African American children (1.2%) (
conclusionsAppendicitis is more common in Hispanics, males, older children, and in the Western region. Complicated appendicitis is more common in younger children, minority groups, low-income group, and children with government insurance. Children's hospitals manage more children with complicated appendicitis and are more likely to perform laparoscopic appendectomy.
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