Clinical practice selectively follows acute appendicitis guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency, and the standard approach to diagnosis and management has been codified in several practice guidelines. Adherence to these guidelines provides insight into independent surgical practice patterns and institutional resource constraints as impediments to best practice. We explored data from the recent ESTES SnapAppy observational cohort study to determine guideline compliance in contemporary practice to identify opportunities to close evidence-to-practice gaps.

Methods

We undertook a preplanned analysis of the ESTES SnapAppy observational cohort study, identifying, at a patient level, congruence with, or deviation from WSES Jerusalem guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis and the Survivin

SUBMITTER: Bass GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9888346 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature