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ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2024

Acute pediatric appendicitis in black and white: clinical disparities, impact and future recommendations.

Aimen Waqar Khan, Marrium Sultan Dar, Rayyan Nabi, Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Abdullah Humayun, Eman Riaz

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Review in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2024. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Aimen Waqar KhanDepartment of Accident and Emergency, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan.
Marrium Sultan DarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medical ICU, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan.
Rayyan NabiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Islamic International Medical College, Riphah International University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ahmad AliKing Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Abdullah HumayunDepartment of Pediatrics, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Eman RiazDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Racial and ethnic disparities have long been studied in the delivery of healthcare. One such avenue is acute pediatric appendicitis, which continues to be an area of significant and continual research. Because of its routine clinical presentation and standardized management, acute pediatric appendicitis serves as an appropriate proxy for studying discrepancies in healthcare. Our review therefore aims to comprehensively highlight the various dimensions of its clinical management subject to disparities, their collective clinical impact, and future recommendations to mitigate it.

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appendectomyappendicitisdisparities (health racial)inequitypediatric

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PMID39544339
PMCPMC11561711

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