SURVEY OF CLINICAL AND PARACLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF APPENDICITIS PERITONITIS AT CAN THO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL
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Objective: The study has objectives: Describe the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of appendicitis peritonitis at Can Tho General Hospital in 2023. Methods: Retrospective descriptive study design on 77 patients examined, diagnosed with appendicitis peritonitis and underwent laparoscopic appendectomy at Can Tho General Hospital from December 2022 to December 2023. Result: Clinical and paraclinical characteristics: Common functional symptoms are pain in the right iliac fossa (96.1%), dull, continuous pain (87.0%). The majority of pain onset locations are the right iliac fossa (77.9%). Common systemic symptoms: 64.9% of patients have a pulse rate of 81 - 100 beats/min. Common physical symptoms are: Blumber sign in the right iliac fossa 51.9%; pain on palpation at other points (49.4%). Most patients had leukocytosis > 10.0 G/L (81.8%). 58.4% of patients had an appendix size of 8-11 mm and 81.8% of patients had abdominal fluid detected by ultrasound.
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clinical, paraclinical, patient, appendicitis, peritonitis
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