Abstract:
:Acute appendicitis in elderly patients has not been studied extensively in the United Kingdom. Studies were performed prior to the regular use of broad spectrum antibiotics and tended to include younger patients. We studied retrospectively all elderly patients (n = 30, mean age = 72 years) who presented in the years 1980-85 and a younger group (n = 30, mean age = 23 years) who had a confirmed pathological diagnosis of appendicitis. We found a significant reduction in accurate pre-operative diagnoses, a longer duration of hospital stay and increased complication and mortality rates in the elderly group. Our study suggests that diagnostic accuracy, mortality and morbidity have not improved in comparison to earlier overseas studies.
journal_name
Age Ageingjournal_title
Age and ageingauthors
McCallion J,Canning GP,Knight PV,McCallion JSdoi
10.1093/ageing/16.4.256subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-07-01 00:00:00pages
256-60issue
4eissn
0002-0729issn
1468-2834journal_volume
16pub_type
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