Prevalence of appendicitis in Iranian patients with acute abdominal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES - Year 2019, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Acute abdominal pain is one of the common causes of referral to the emergency department, and although it is spontaneously improved in some cases, it is a symptom of important and acute abdominal issues that can even lead to patient death in a large number of cases. Methods: The present systematic investigation applies developed methods that are consistent with the accurate instructions in the PRISMA check list. Observational studies, including posting to editors, publications, poor quality articles (based on the Hoy’s tool) and studies on adult subjects were only excluded from the study. Only articles in English and Persian are included. Results: 3 studies conducted on 2173 Iranian patients were included in the meta-analysis. In Iranian patients, the overall Prevalence of appendicitis in Iranian patients with acute abdominal was 15.3%(95% CI :13.9 % , 16.8%; I2 = 98.9%) . Discussion: Repeated examination in patients with non-specific signs and symptoms of abdominal pain is very helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of patients and can significantly reduce unnecessary appendectomy cases.
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Noosheepormehr Yabandeh
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- EP ID EP550110
- DOI 10.22192/ijcrms.2019.05.01.007
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