Acute neonatal appendicitis in a preterm

Acute neonatal appendicitis is very rare in the neonatal period. It is usually associated with comorbidity including prematurity. Symptoms are non-specific. The prognosis is marked by high risk of mortality and morbidity. Here, we report a case of preterm new born who presented with sepsis, apnoea,...

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Autores principales: Mammou, Sihem, Ayadi, Imen, Hamida, Emira Ben, Marrakchi, Zahra
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26712299
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.172581
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author Mammou, Sihem
Ayadi, Imen
Hamida, Emira Ben
Marrakchi, Zahra
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description Acute neonatal appendicitis is very rare in the neonatal period. It is usually associated with comorbidity including prematurity. Symptoms are non-specific. The prognosis is marked by high risk of mortality and morbidity. Here, we report a case of preterm new born who presented with sepsis, apnoea, and digestive signs. The laparotomy revealed perforated appendicitis complicated with peritonitis.
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spelling pubmed-49554692016-09-01 Acute neonatal appendicitis in a preterm Mammou, Sihem Ayadi, Imen Hamida, Emira Ben Marrakchi, Zahra Afr J Paediatr Surg Case Report Acute neonatal appendicitis is very rare in the neonatal period. It is usually associated with comorbidity including prematurity. Symptoms are non-specific. The prognosis is marked by high risk of mortality and morbidity. Here, we report a case of preterm new born who presented with sepsis, apnoea, and digestive signs. The laparotomy revealed perforated appendicitis complicated with peritonitis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4955469/ /pubmed/26712299 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.172581 Text en Copyright: © 2015 African Journal of Paediatric Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26712299
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