Appendicitis

Shawn D. Safford

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-6643-8_62

Appendicitis

Shawn D. Safford

Department of Surgery

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Appendicitis is the most common indication for abdominal surgery in children. Most patients present with abdominal pain and about one third of children with symptoms and signs that suggest the possibility of appendicitis require admission. The lifetime risk of developing appendicitis is approximately 9% in males and 7% in females. The peak incidence of appendicitis in children occurs in early adolescence and it is exceedingly rare in children under 2 years of age. Children less than 5 years of age typically present with nonspecific symptoms and have a much higher incidence of perforated appendicitis.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	485-490
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781441966421
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6643-8_62
State	Published - 2011

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General Medicine

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