0 an illness in which the appendix is infected and painful and usually needs to be removed in an operation --
1 a painful and serious infection of the appendix, which often results in the appendix being removed by an operation --
When translated into clinical practice, these results indicate that approximately one quarter of patients with acute appendicitis may be misdiagnosed on the basis of their ultrasound result.
Infertility as a condition is not necessarily associated with suffering in the way that say, appendicitis is.
Crohn's disease and appendicitis when compared with patients with digestive haemorrhaging.
However, despite the studies purporting to include all patients with suspected appendicitis after initial clinical examinations, a broad range of prevalences was apparent (23-78 percent).
Surgical treatment of acute appendicitis is a highly successful medical intervention.
Search strategies included terms for "appendicitis" and "diagnosis".
This reduces the clinician's confidence in the ultrasound results, in turn increasing the need for additional diagnostic investigations to rule out appendicitis.
These include patients operated on for acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, hernia or non-toxic goitre.