Acute Appendicitis Treatment Strategies and Mortality Based on Critical Illness on Admission: An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Trials have shown non-inferiority of non-operative management (NOM) for appendicitis, although critically ill patients have been often excluded. The purpose of this study is to evaluate surgical versus NOM outcomes in critically ill patients with appendicitis by measuring mortality and hospital length of stay (LOS). Patients and Methods: The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) Database was utilized to analyze data from 10 states between 2008 and 2015. All patients with acute appendicitis by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes over the age of 18 were included. Negative binomial and logistic regression were used to determine the association of acute renal failure (ARF), cardiovascular failure (CVF), pulmo

SUBMITTER: King S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10825276 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature