This is interesting since all three are well-known to correlate with the degree of inflammation and therefore likelihood of acute appendicitis. All factors included in the study were, to varying ...

One cannot but question this attitude in view of the present minimal mortality rate from acute appendicitis, including cases with abscesses and general peritonitis. A review of acute appendicitis ...

An Indigenous man suffering an acute appendicitis attack had to travel all the way to Winnipeg from The Pas for medical care after an ER doctor told him he didn't treat hangovers, a new lawsuit ...

A mum needed emergency surgery after she developed a massive abscess following a session of fat dissolving injections on her tummy at a salon. Julia Lanni, 59, paid £120 for the 16 injections ...

Most cases of nocardiosis start out as lung infections, in which pus-filled cavities, or abscesses containing the bacteria, form in the lungs. This can cause symptoms such as chest pain ...

Background Acute appendicitis requires timely diagnosis. The diagnostic efficacy of tongue examination in making this diagnosis has not been established. This study investigates whether the Tongue ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...

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