The risks of failed nonoperative management of appendicitis in older adults

The risks of failed nonoperative management of appendicitis in older adults

The consequences of failed nonoperative management of appendicitis in older patients have not been described. We used the 2004–2017 National Inpatient Sample to identify acute appendicitis patients managed nonoperatively (

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of surgery 2024-06, Vol.232, p.112-117
Hauptverfasser: Lunardi, Nicole, Marten, Elisa, Sharath, Sherene, Kougias, Panos, Pham, Thai H., Balentine, Courtney J.
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Sprache:eng
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Acute appendicitis
Adults
Appendectomy
Appendicitis
Bias
Confounding (Statistics)
Estimates
Frailty
Hospital costs
Hospitalization
Infections
Length of stay
Medicare
Morbidity
Nonoperative management
Older people
Sensitivity analysis
Success
Surgery
Treatment failure
Variables
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Zusammenfassung:The consequences of failed nonoperative management of appendicitis in older patients have not been described. We used the 2004–2017 National Inpatient Sample to identify acute appendicitis patients managed nonoperatively (
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.01.019