Acute appendicitis

Beschreibung

Surgical Talk Mindmap am Acute appendicitis, erstellt von kavi am 05/09/2013.
kavi
Mindmap von kavi, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
kavi
Erstellt von kavi vor etwa 11 Jahre
220
1

Zusammenfassung der Ressource

Acute appendicitis
  1. Epidemiology
    1. 10% population will develop it
      1. Commonest between 10 and 20.
        1. Uncommon before 2 years
        2. A normal appendix is removed at 10-20% of appendicectomies.
        3. Pathophysiology
          1. An obstructed system gets infected.

            Anmerkungen:

            • Cholangitis and pyelonephritis are similar in this respect.
            1. Faecolith or enlarged piece of lymphoid tissue ? response to viral illness.
              1. Much rarer causes are caecal cancer and carcinoid tumours
          2. Clinical features
            1. Initially colicky midgut pain
              1. Peritonitic pain as the inflammation spreads to involve the parietal peritoneum.
                1. Associated with fever, anorexia, N+V
                  1. Pain before the vomiting usually. Constipation rather than D
              2. Abdo tenderness, guarding, rebound and percussion tenderness.
                1. Rovsing's sign positive

                  Anmerkungen:

                  • Palpation of the left iliac fossa makes the pain worse as the peritoneum is being stretched.
                  1. Tenderness on digital rectal exam.
                    1. Inflammatory fluids, maybe pus tracked into the pouch of Douglas.
                    2. Psoas sign

                      Anmerkungen:

                      • Pain on extending the hip
                      1. Retrocaecal appendix
                      2. Cope sign

                        Anmerkungen:

                        • Pain on flexion and int flexion of R hip
                        1. Appendix in close relation to obturator internus
                      3. Appendix mass
                        1. Walled off by the omentum and small bowel, and then presents.

                          Anmerkungen:

                          • Usually occurs 72 after the inflammation begins/onset of symptoms.
                          1. Palpable mass
                            1. Gets better with Abx, or abscess that requires drainage.
                              1. Elective appendicectomy 3 months later (Ochsner-Sherren regimen).

                                Anmerkungen:

                                • 20% may develop recurrent appendicitis otherwise.
                      4. Operation details

                        Anmerkungen:

                        • Need to know the basic operation.
                        1. Differential diagnosis
                          1. RIF mass
                            1. Appendix mass
                              1. Gynae mass - ovarian cyst
                                1. Caecal cancer
                                  1. Soft tissue tumour e.g. sarcoma
                                    1. LN mass
                                      1. TB
                                        1. Actinomycoses
                                          1. Transplant kidney
                                            1. Iliac aneurysm
                            2. RIF pain
                              1. Ectopic pregnancy
                                1. Acute appendicitis
                                  1. PID
                                    1. Ovarian cyst
                                      1. Perforated PU
                                        1. Meckel's
                                          1. UTI
                                            1. Ureteric colic
                                              1. Mesenteric adenitis
                                                1. Crohn's disease
                                                  1. Caecal cancer
                              2. Periumbilical (colicky pain)
                                1. SBO
                                  1. Early appendicitis
                                    1. Ischaemic bowel
                                      1. Mesenteric adenitis
                                        1. Pancreatitis
                              3. Investigations
                                1. CT scan
                                  1. Decreases false negative operation rate, but increases delay
                                Zusammenfassung anzeigen Zusammenfassung ausblenden

                                ähnlicher Inhalt

                                Acute pancreatitis
                                kavi
                                Perioperative management
                                kavi
                                Acute pancreatitis
                                Murtadha Alshaye
                                Genetik Quiz
                                Laura Overhoff
                                Unfallversicherung
                                Christine Zehnder
                                LEK 1
                                Peter M
                                Pädagogik Abitur 2016: Erziehung im Nationalsozialismus
                                Lena S.
                                EC Gesundheitspsychologie
                                Anna B
                                Geometrie 33-48
                                Christoph Affolter
                                BM6 Fröhlich SS 19
                                Daniel Martinovic
                                Vetie: Geflügelkrankheiten 2020 (Matrikel 2015)
                                Ro F