Hamed Alshahrani, Tariq Aljak, Jibo Abubaker, Saleem Abdul Sattar Khan, Qassim Al Hajj, Emadeldien Abdelgader, Saud Alshahrani, Yazeed Alshahrani, Ibrahim Fawzy.
Prevalence and outcome of appendicitis among patients attending King Abdullah Hospital in Bisha province, Saudi Arabia 2019.
Pak J Surg Jan ;36(4):328-32.

Introduction: The commonest acute abdominal surgery is acute appendicitis. Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. Most of the patients feeling of pain, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. The presentation getting worse with develop complications. Ruptured appendix and peritonitis are common complications. Material and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional hospital-based in the surgery department King Abdullah Hospital for all patients that underwent appendicectomy for six months. A well-structured questioner divided into three-part develop to gathering information from the patient file. The date will be collected from the well-training person. The date will be analyzed using SPSS version 20 for descriptive statistics results will be presented as means, percentage, and frequency. Objective: The aim of this study is determine the prevalence and outcome of appendicitis among patients attending King Abdulla Hospital (KA H) and the social-demographic characteristics of patients with acute appendicitis and to identify complication among patients and related factor effecting. Results: The total patient's number is 84. A different age from 6 years to 54 and different education level that effect of prevalence of complications presentation. Male is more common to have a complication. Conclusion: Most of the patients are young and no difference between the sex of prevalence them. The most common presenting symptom was a pain and complications are associated with male gender and adult age.

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