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| Title |
A prospective randomized controlled multicenter trial comparing antibiotic therapy with appendectomy in the treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis (APPAC trial)
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| Published in |
BMC Surgery, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2482-13-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hannu Paajanen, Juha M Grönroos, Tero Rautio, Pia Nordström, Markku Aarnio, Tuomo Rantanen, Saija Hurme, Kirsti Dean, Airi Jartti, Jukka-Pekka Mecklin, Juhani Sand, Paulina Salminen |
| Abstract |
Although the standard treatment of acute appendicitis (AA) consists of an early appendectomy, there has recently been both an interest and an increase in the use of antibiotic therapy as the primary treatment for uncomplicated AA. However, the use of antibiotic therapy in the treatment of uncomplicated AA is still controversial. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2 | 17% |
| United States | 2 | 17% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 58% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 83% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 175 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Iceland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 168 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 17 | 10% |
| Researcher | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 8% |
| Other | 38 | 22% |
| Unknown | 39 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 113 | 65% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 2% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 2% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 9 | 5% |
| Unknown | 41 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 June 2015.
All research outputs
#2,086,936
of 22,696,971 outputs
Outputs from BMC Surgery
#16
of 1,316 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#22,585
of 284,066 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Surgery
#1
of 13 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,696,971 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 90th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,316 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 1.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its peers.
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