"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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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Appendicitis" by people in Profiles.
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Racial and sociodemographic predictors of COVID-19 compared with influenza, appendicitis, and all-cause hospitalization: retrospective cohort analysis. Ethn Health. 2023 08; 28(6):836-852.
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Diagnostic Performance of Emergency Physician Gestalt for Predicting Acute Appendicitis in Patients Age 5 to 20 Years. Acad Emerg Med. 2020 09; 27(9):821-831.
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Systematic Review of Disparities in Care and Outcomes in Pediatric Appendectomy. J Surg Res. 2020 05; 249:42-49.
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Near Real-Time Surveillance to Assess the Safety of the 9-Valent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine. Pediatrics. 2019 12; 144(6).
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Validation of the Pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator (pARC) in a Community Emergency Department Setting. Ann Emerg Med. 2019 10; 74(4):471-480.
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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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Association of Duration of Symptoms and Secondary Signs in Ultrasound for Pediatric Appendicitis. Am Surg. 2016 09; 82(9):e266-8.
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Secondary signs may improve the diagnostic accuracy of equivocal ultrasounds for suspected appendicitis in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Oct; 51(10):1655-60.
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The contribution of practice variation to length of stay for children with perforated appendicitis. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Aug; 51(8):1292-7.
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Increased rates of appendicitis in HIV-infected men: 1991-2005. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Sep 01; 52(1):139-40.