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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Identifying risk factors that predict the likelihood of complications crucial step in managing appendicitis. Anyone can get appendicitis, but it is more common among people 10 to 30 years old. Appendicitis leads to more emergency abdominal surgeries than any other cause.
Risk Factors
- The most common cases of appendicitis occur between the ages of 10 and 30 years.[1]
- Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdomen pain in the United States, with a 5-20% chance of lifetime risk.[2]
- Common risk factors include:[2]
- Steroid use
- Diabetes
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
In children:[1]
- Appendicitis results in the most common need for emergency abdominal surgery in children.
- A family history of appendicitis increases the child's risk, especially in males.
- Male children with cystic fibrosis are at an even higher risk.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Appendicitis - The University of Chicago Medicine". Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Margenthaler JA, Longo WE, Virgo KS, Johnson FE, Oprian CA, Henderson WG, Daley J, Khuri SF (2003). "Risk factors for adverse outcomes after the surgical treatment of appendicitis in adults". Ann. Surg. 238 (1): 59–66. doi:10.1097/01.SLA.0000074961.50020.f8. PMC 1422654. PMID 12832966.