Potential risks of nonoperative management of appendicitis in high-risk patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The popularity of nonoperative management for acute appendicitis is based on the untested assumption that it offers a lower risk alternative to surgery in patients who are at high risk for morbidity and mortality with appendectomy. We hypothesized that patients who were at a high risk with appendectomy would also be at a high risk for complications following nonoperative management.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with acute, uncomplicated appendicitis in the 2004-2017 National Inpatient Sample. We used a logistic regression model to predict the risk of morbidity or mortality following appendectomy and applied this model to predict the risk of patients managed nonoperatively. High risk was defined as ≥2 standard deviations above the mean

SUBMITTER: Lunardi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11563903 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature