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Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Hospitalization Trends for Acute Appendicitis in Spain, 1998 to 2017.

Concepción Carratalá-Munuera, Jessica Del Rocio Pilco, Domingo Orozco-Beltrán, Antonio Compañ, Jose A Quesada, Rauf Nouni-García, Vicente F Gil-Guillén, Luis García-Ortíz, Adriana López-Pineda

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Observational study in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Concepción Carratalá-MunueraClinical Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03550 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1303-6294
Jessica Del Rocio PilcoPathology and Surgery Department, Medical School, University Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03550 Alicante, Spain.
Domingo Orozco-BeltránClinical Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03550 Alicante, Spain.
Antonio CompañPathology and Surgery Department, Medical School, University Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03550 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8166-396X
Jose A QuesadaClinical Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03550 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6947-7531
Rauf Nouni-GarcíaClinical Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03550 Alicante, Spain.
Vicente F Gil-GuillénClinical Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03550 Alicante, Spain.
Luis García-OrtízSalamanca Primary Care Research Unit (APISAL), Salamanca Bomedical Research Institute (IBSAL), Salamanca Primary Care Management, Castilla y León Regional Health Management (SACyL), Avenida de Portugal 83, 37005 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6555-8302
Adriana López-PinedaClinical Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03550 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2117-0178
Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx · ESUniversidad de Salamanca · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of acute appendicitis decreased in Western countries from 1930 to at least the early 1990s, when epidemiological data started becoming scarcer. This study aimed to assess the trend in annual hospitalizations for acute appendicitis in all people Spain for a 20-year period between 1998 and 2017. This observational study analyzing direct age-standardized hospital admission rates by gender and age group (0-14 years, 15-34 years, 35-44 years, 45-64 years, and ≥65 years). Joinpoint regression models were fitted to evaluate changes in trends. There were 789,533 emergency hospital admissions for acute appendicitis between 1998 and 2017: 58.9% in boys and men and 41.1% in girls and women. Overall, there was a significant increase in admissions for this cause from 1998 to 2009, with an annual percent change (APC) of 0.6%. Following the peak in 2009, admission rates decreased by around 1.0% annually until 2017. The length of hospital stay gradually decreased from 4.5 days in 1998 to 3.4 days in 2017. The trends in hospital admissions for acute appendicitis in Spain changed over the study period, decreasing from 2009, especially in people younger than 35 years.

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AppendicitisAcute DiseaseAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHospitalizationHumansIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornLength of StayMaleSpainacute appendicitishospital stayregression analysis

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PMID34886447
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