| Print Date: | May 22, 2013, 4:03 pm |
| Title | Appendicitis |
| Text | The most common emergency surgical condition, peak incidence in you adults. Typically begins with obstruction of the lumen by a fecalith, lymphoid hyperplasia, or other narrowing. Stagnation leads to colonization and microbial invasion into the bowel wall.
Organism(s): E. coli, strep faecalis Route of Infection: From colonization of an obstructed appendix. Clinical: Generalized or periumbilical abdominal pain may then localize to the right lower quadrant, tenderness and guarding, fever, and vomiting. Laboratory: OTHER: |
| References: | ; Accepted by jsmirnio |
| Contributor | James George Smirniotopoulos, M.D. (Uniformed Services University) |
| Peer Reviewer | James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. (Uniformed Services University) |
| Record Number | : 518 |
| Created | 1998-02-16 00:00:00-05 |
| Modified | 2004-07-13 04:51:08-04 |
| Category: | Clinical Exam Finding or Sign |
| Location: | Gastrointestinal |
| Sublocation: | Appendix |
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