Physiologic predictors of postoperative abscess in children with perforated appendicitis: Subset analysis from a prospective randomized trial

• Published in: Surgery Vol. 147; no. 5; pp. 729 - 732
• Main Authors: Fraser, Jason D., MD, Aguayo, Pablo, MD, Sharp, Susan W., PhD, Snyder, Charles L., MD, Holcomb, George W., MD, MBA, Ostlie, Daniel J., MD, St. Peter, Shawn D., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.05.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Abdominal Abscess - diagnosis; Abdominal Abscess - epidemiology; Abdominal Abscess - prevention & control; Age Distribution; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Appendicitis - diagnosis; Appendicitis - drug therapy; Appendicitis - epidemiology; Appendicitis - surgery; Biological and medical sciences; Body Mass Index; Child; Combined Modality Therapy; Databases, Factual; Female; Fever - epidemiology; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; General aspects; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Other diseases. Semiology; Predictive Value of Tests; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus; Surgery; Surgical Wound Infection - diagnosis; Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology; Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control; Human; Postoperative; Appendicitis; Abscess; Prediction; Medicine; Prospective; Randomization; Treatment; Surgery; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Clinical trial; Predictive factor; Child

Background Intra-abdominal abscess after appendectomy is the most common complication in patients with perforated appendicitis. There are currently little data that may forecast which patients are more likely to develop an abscess. Therefore, we performed a retrospective analysis of a prospectively...