نویسندگان
Mostafa Hosseini, Adnan Tizmaghz, Ghazaal Shabestanipour, Ali Aein, Hamidreza Alizadeh Otaghvar
تاریخ انتشار
2014
ژورنال
Annual Research & Review in Biology
جلد
4
نسخه
24
صفحات
4381-4388
ناشر
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توضیح
Background: The classic symptoms of acute appendicitis are seldom seen in the elderly patient and the diagnosis is particularly easy to miss in this group. Therefore complications are more common as a result of delayed diagnosis. The aim of this study was to identify prognosis, complications and factors associated with perforation in elderly patients with acute appendicitis.
Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective (descriptive-analytic) study which was conducted from August 2011 until October 2013 in Tehran. A sample of 76 available patients with suspected acute appendicitis–who had been admitted to Rasoul-e-Akram and firoozgar hospital were recruited to participate in this study. Patients’ demographic data, symptoms, complications and their blood samples for CRP and Leukocyte count were collected and sent to the laboratory for analysis. Statistical analysis was carried out