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Appendicitis

  • ACEP Clinical Policy on Acute Appendicitis

    On February 1, 2023, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a clinical policy developed by the ACEP...
  • The Future of Antibiotics and Appendicitis in the Emergency Department

    In 2020, following publication of the Comparison of Outcomes of Antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, the...
  • When Can Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Adults be Treated Nonoperatively?

    Careful patient selection is key to optimizing treatment for adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, a secondary analysis...

ACEP Clinical Policy on Acute Appendicitis

March 7, 2023 - ACEP Now - 0 Comment

On February 1, 2023, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a clinical policy developed by the ACEP…

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The Future of Antibiotics and Appendicitis in the Emergency Department

December 7, 2022 - David A. Talan, MD - 0 Comment

In 2020, following publication of the Comparison of Outcomes of Antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, the…

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When Can Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Adults be Treated Nonoperatively?

November 23, 2021 - Marilynn Larkin - 0 Comment

Careful patient selection is key to optimizing treatment for adults with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, a secondary analysis…

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Surgery Needed in Nearly Half of Appendicitis Patients Treated with Antibiotics

November 19, 2021 - Reuters Staff - 0 Comment

Antibiotic therapy can prevent or delay the need for an appendectomy, but ultimately nearly half of the…

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More Support for Antibiotics Alone in Kids with Uncomplicated Appendicitis

June 25, 2021 - Megan Brooks (Reuters Health) - 0 Comment

For children with uncomplicated appendicitis, the success rate of initial treatment with antibiotics is unlikely to differ…

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How Commonly Do Kids With Acute Appendicitis Present With Diarrhea?

May 18, 2021 - Landon Jones, MD and Richard M. Cantor, MD, FAAP, FACEP - 0 Comment

Question 2: How commonly do children with acute appendicitis present with diarrhea? A 2011 retrospective study by…

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2020 Research Highlights: Cardiology, Intra-Abdominal Infections, Advanced Imaging, and Cerebrovascular Disease

December 15, 2020 - Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS - 0 Comment

While COVID-19 occupied much of our bandwidth in 2020, new medical literature on other important topics still…

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Surgery or Antibiotics for Appendicitis?

November 18, 2020 - ACEP Now - 0 Comment

Surgery has always been assumed to be the standard treatment for appendicitis, but recent research suggests that…

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How To Perform an Ultrasound-Guided TAP Block for Appendicitis Pain

May 17, 2019 - Arun Nagdev, MD, Sally Mahmoud, MD, and Daniel Mantuani, MD, MPH - 0 Comment

Over the past few years, emergency physicians have begun implementing multimodal strategies for acute pain, reducing the…

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10 of the Best Medical Journal Articles from 2018

December 17, 2018 - Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS - 0 Comment

If anything can be counted on to be constant in this world, it is change. Stacks upon…

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