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Titolo |
Appendicitis : symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments / / William L. Ryan, editor |
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New York, : Nova Science Publisher's, c2010 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (165 p.) |
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Collana |
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Digestive diseases--research and clinical developments series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Appendicitis |
Appendectomy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Appendicitis : symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments / Andy Petroianu -- Acute appendicitis in pregnancy / Goran Augustin, Mate Majerovic -- Appendicitis : symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments / Laura ArmanĚanzas, Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, Rafael Calpena -- Antibiotic therapy alone in the management of acute appendicitis / George H. Sakorafas -- Diagnostic strategies in acute appendicitis / Amato Antonio Stabile Ianora ... [et al.] -- Immunology of the appendix : effects of appendectomy / Juan Carlos Andreu-Ballester ... [et al.] -- Utilization of the Alvarado score to perform CT for acute appendicitis / Robert McKay, Roger Barrowman, Ellis Hospital -- Vermiform appendix : embryology, anatomy, and variations / Ahsan Rao, Irfan Ahmed -- Appendicitis during pregnancy : a serious disease and a diagnostic problem / L. Penninga, E.I. Penninga. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Acute appendicitis is caused by inflammation of the vermiform appendix and usually causes pain in the right lower abdominal quadrant, referred rebound tenderness, overlying muscle spasm and cutaneous hyperesthesia. This disease is common and occurs with an annual incidence of 0.25 per cent in the normal population, and there is a lifetime risk for acute appendicitis of 7-9 per cent. This book presents research data from across the globe in the study of appendicitis, its symptoms, diagnosis and treatments. Included herein are topics such as appendicitis during pregnancy; antibiotic therapy alone in the management of acute appendicitis; diagnostic strategies |
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and immunology in acute appendicitis; and, utilisation of the Alvarado score to perform CT for acute appendicitis. |
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