"Appendicitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Acute inflammation of the APPENDIX. Acute appendicitis is classified as simple, gangrenous, or perforated.
| Descriptor ID |
D001064
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.463.099 C06.405.205.099 C06.405.469.110.207
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| Concept/Terms |
Ruptured Appendicitis- Ruptured Appendicitis
- Appendicitis, Ruptured
- Perforated Appendicitis
- Appendicitis, Perforated
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Appendicitis" by people in Profiles.
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Nevler A, Berger Y, Rabinovitz A, Zmora O, Shabtai M, Rosin D, Gutman M. Diagnostic Value of Serum Bilirubin and Liver Enzyme Levels in Acute Appendicitis. Isr Med Assoc J. 2018 Mar; 20(3):176-181.
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Matthew Fields J, Davis J, Alsup C, Bates A, Au A, Adhikari S, Farrell I. Accuracy of Point-of-care Ultrasonography for Diagnosing Acute Appendicitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Sep; 24(9):1124-1136.
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Smith MC, Chung PJ, Constable YC, Boylan MR, Alfonso AE, Sugiyama G. Appendectomy in patients with human immunodeficiency virus: Not as bad as we once thought. Surgery. 2017 04; 161(4):1076-1082.
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Shweiki E, Price TP, Patel PH, Koenig GJ, Beekley AC, Rittenhouse DW, Kaulback KR, Cohen MJ. Synchronous Acute Appendicitis and Acute Cholecystitis: A Discussion of a Century's Worth of Epidemiologic, Basic Science, and Clinical Research, Explicating the Pathophysiology of a Likely Underrecognized Historical Condition. Am Surg. 2016 Nov 01; 82(11):1140-1142.
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Berger Y, Nevler A, Shwaartz C, Lahat E, Zmora O, Gutman M, Shabtai M. Elevations of serum CA-125 predict severity of acute appendicitis in males. ANZ J Surg. 2016 Apr; 86(4):260-3.
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Lavine EK, Saul T, Frasure SE, Lewiss RE. Point-of-care ultrasound in a patient with perforated appendicitis. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Sep; 30(9):665-7.
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Hayden GE, Russell WS, Park DB, Presley BC. Perforated appendicitis diagnosed at the bedside. J Emerg Med. 2014 Sep; 47(3):e85-8.
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Stanfill AB, Matilsky DK, Kalvakuri K, Pearl RH, Wallace LJ, Vegunta RK. Transumbilical laparoscopically assisted appendectomy: an alternative minimally invasive technique in pediatric patients. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2010 Dec; 20(10):873-6.
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Moghadam-Kia S, Nawaz A, Newberg A, Basu S, Alavi A, Torigian DA. Utility of 18F-FDG-PET/CT imaging in the diagnosis of appendicitis. Hell J Nucl Med. 2009 Sep-Dec; 12(3):281-2.
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Sookraj KA, Bowne WB, Ghosh BC. Perforated appendicitis presenting as a thigh abscess. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Jun; 208(6):1142.