Miriam Davis September 22, 2023 Appendicitis is widely known to be associated with colon cancer. Consider a 2020 meta-analysis finding that appendicitis increases the risk of colon cancer 10 fold. It is now standard practice for appendicitis patients to have preoperative imaging and intra-operative investigations to check for co-existing colon cancer. But should all appendicitis...
Tag: <span>Appendicitis</span>
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Worried your kid might have appendicitis? Try the jump test
Selena Simmons-Duffin If your ailing kiddo can jump without too much pain or complaint, it’s a good sign they have a garden-variety tummy ache — not appendicitis.Jamie Grill/Getty Images My 5-year-old was complaining of stomach pain, and I was worried and had questions. I asked her how bad the pain was and where it hurt...
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Medical Treatment for Appendicitis Effective Long-Term
Brittany Vargas August 09, 2023 TOPLINE:Most patients who receive antibiotics rather than surgical treatment for appendicitis have successful long-term outcomes, but some may require surgery up to 20 years later. METHODOLOGY: Follow-up on 292 patients involved in two randomized controlled trials conducted in the 1990s by the Swedish National Patient Registry Both trials divided patients into two groups: those who underwent appendectomy and those who received antibiotic...
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Appendicitis More Often Missed in Patients Who Are Black
Jake Remaly February 13, 2023 Doctors are more likely to miss appendicitis in patients who are Black, research shows. This phenomenon, first described in children, occurs in adults as well, according to a study published last month in JAMA Surgery. Some hospitals fare better than others: Those with more diverse patient populations were less likely to have missed the diagnosis, the researchers found....
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Most patients with appendicitis can be treated with antibiotics
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES FINDINGS Outpatient antibiotic management of selected patients with appendicitis is safe, allowing many patients to avoid surgery and hospitalization, and should be considered as part of shared decision-making between doctor and patient. Of 726 participants who were randomized to receive antibiotics, 46% were discharged from the emergency...
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Younger patients with appendicitis are more likely to have cancer of the appendix
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS Key Takeaways From 2004 to 2017, there was an increase in cancer of the appendix in acute appendicitis patients, especially among patients younger than 50 years old. Given the emerging practice toward managing acute appendicitis with antibiotics for some patients, those who do not undergo surgery should be closely followed. The...
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Pills for appendicitis? Surgery often not needed, study says
A new study says surgery isn’t always needed for appendicitis and that antibiotics instead can often do the trick. The results from Finland contradict decades of thinking about the best way to treat an inflamed appendix. The condition has long been thought to be a medical emergency because of the risk for a burst appendix,...
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Antibiotics could be alternative to surgery as treatment for appendicitis
A study by researchers at the University of Southampton shows that antibiotics may be an effective treatment for acute non-complicated appendicitis in children, instead of surgery. The systematic review of existing literature is published in Pediatrics. The condition, which causes the appendix—a small organ attached to the large intestine—to become inflamed due to a blockage...