It can be argued that in US Emergency Departments, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis has shifted from clinical impression to radiographic confirmation, even for patients for whom the diagnosis ...

Background Acute appendicitis is a local intestinal inflammation with unclear origin. The aim was to test whether bacteria in appendicitis differ in composition to bacteria found in caecal biopsies ...

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A study published in The Lancet examined treating acute, non-perforated appendicitis in children with antibiotics instead of surgery. It found antibiotics less ...

Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current practice at a large ...

Information on treatment success rates for AML in adults can be found in Treatment Response Rates for Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Our team is made up of doctors and oncology certified nurses with deep ...

The American Cancer Society’s estimates for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in the United States for 2025 (including both children and adults) are: About 6,100 new cases of ALL (3,450 in males and ...

Acute and chronic conditions typically differ in how they develop and how long they last. Broadly speaking, acute conditions occur suddenly, have immediate or rapidly developing symptoms, and are ...

Homa Bay - Brenda Lawrence, a 27-year-old mother from Sofia in Homa Bay Town Sub-County, is facing a mounting hospital bill as her six-year-old son, Jayden Maverick Omondi, battles a severe case of ...