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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020

Predictors risk factors for acute complex appendicitis pain in patients: Are there gender differences?

Cem Cahit Barışık, Abdulbari Bener

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Cem Cahit BarışıkDepartment of Radiology, Medipol School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abdulbari BenerDepartment of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey.
Istanbul Medipol University · TRUniversity of Manchester · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of this study is to determine the predictive risk factors for appendicitis and the cost-effectiveness of using abdominal helical computed tomography (CT) in comparison to abdominal ultrasonography (US) for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in patients. SUBJECTS AND

methodsThe typical case was a patient with abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant and suspicion of appendicitis. A total of 643 patients who were consequently treated with appendectomy upon diagnosis of acute appendicitis between January 2015 and December 2018 were included in the study. The four diagnostic alternatives chosen were US, CT, biochemistry parameters, and physical examination in the hospital.

resultsThere were statistically significant differences between male and female patients with regards to age, BMI, cigarette smoking, sheesha smoking, family history of diabetes, hypertension and family history of gastrointestinal discomfort (GI), anxiety (

conclusionsCT is more cost-effective than the US and clinical examination for determining appendicitis. The current study suggested that nausea, C-reactive protein, dizziness, vomiting, muscular symptoms, irritable bowel syndrome, guarding, and loss appetite were considered as higher risk predictors for appendicitis patients.

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Appendicitiscomputed tomographydiagnosisgenderpredictorsultrasound

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