Appendicitis
Conditions
Keywords
Appendicitis, Appendectomy, Appendicitis diagnosis
Brief summary
As we know, one of the most common reasons for people to visit health centers and hospitals (15%) is abdominal pain, and appendicitis is at the top of their diagnosis in the 2-4th decade of age, which in most cases For treatment, considering the patient's condition and the need for surgery, appendectomy is the first method. One of the things that helps us a lot in this area is the epidemiology and incidence of this disease in the target society, which sometimes varies in different regions. One of the things that can be checked in this disease is the age and gender of the person and its incidence in different age ranges.
Detailed description
appendicitis is one of the most important reasons for people to go to the hospital, and 15% of the visits to the hospital are for this reason, and sometimes patients end up undergoing appendectomy. The mortality rate of this disease is 0.2-1% among young people and 8% among people over 65 years old In some people, depending on the sex, age, pregnancy and related diseases and even the weight of the people, the location of the appendix is different and this issue is very important during surgery. Different positions of the appendix, such as retro-scapular, subhepatic, pelvic, etc., create different challenges during surgery, so investigating the possibilities of the location of the appendix is an important issue in the decision-making and preparation of the patient and the surgical team. Also, laboratory criteria such as wbc, diff, plt, crp can also help in diagnosing this disease. In this project, in addition to the above, the chief complaints and accompanying symptoms of people have also been examined
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Golestan University of Medical sciences
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* diagnosis of appendicitis * appendectomy
Exclusion criteria
* Lack of required information in medical documents
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The accuracy of imaging in determining the size of the appendix in patients with suspected appendicitis | One year | comparison of the appendix size reported in radiologic studies with pathologic findings |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| correlation between CRP levels and pathologic findings in patients with suspected appendicitis | One year | Comparison of CRP levels in the different stages of appendicitis according to pathologic reports |
| correlation between WBC measures and pathologic findings in patients with suspected appendicitis | One year | Comparison of WBC measures in the different stages of appendicitis according to pathologic reports |
| sex distribution in patients with suspected appendicitis | one year | the prevalence and percentage of each sex group in patients with suspected appendicitis |
| Age distribution in patients with suspected appendicitis | one year | the prevalence and percentage of each age group in patients with suspected appendicitis |
| prevalence of clinical findings in patients with suspected appendicitis | one year | prevalence and percentage of each clinical finding (fever, anorexia, shifting pain, tenderness, rebound tenderness, rovsing sign, psoas sign) in patients with suspected appendicitis |
Countries
Iran
Outcome results
None listed