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Gangrenous appendicitis presenting as acute abdominal pain in a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis: a case report

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Title
Gangrenous appendicitis presenting as acute abdominal pain in a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis: a case report
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 2012
DOI 10.1186/1752-1947-6-309
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Authors

Robert Ekart, Matjaž Horvat, Miran Koželj, Breda Pečovnik Balon, Sebastjan Bevc, Radovan Hojs

Abstract

Presentations of abdominal pain in patients on peritoneal dialysis deserve maximal attention and careful differential diagnosis on admittance to medical care. In this case report a gangrenous appendicitis in a patient on automated peritoneal dialysis is presented.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 58 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 12%
Student > Bachelor 6 10%
Researcher 5 9%
Other 4 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 7%
Other 14 24%
Unknown 18 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 34 59%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 2%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 2%
Computer Science 1 2%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 18 31%