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Erschienen in: Surgical Endoscopy 7/2021

17.05.2021 | Guidelines

EAES rapid guideline: appendicitis in the elderly

verfasst von: Stavros A. Antoniou, Dimitris Mavridis, Katerina Maria Kontouli, Vasileios Drakopoulos, Marguerite Gorter-Stam, Sture Eriksson, Marc Leone, Maria Carmen Pérez-Bocanegra, Neil J. Smart, Marco Milone, Francesco Maria Carrano, George A. Antoniou, Per Olav Vandvik

Erschienen in: Surgical Endoscopy | Ausgabe 7/2021

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Abstract

Background

There is a lack of trustworthy evidence-informed guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis in elderly patients.

Methods

We developed a rapid guideline in accordance with GRADE and AGREE II standards. The steering group consisted of general surgeons, members of the EAES Research Committee/Guidelines Subcommittee with expertise and experience in guideline development, advanced medical statistics and evidence synthesis, biostatisticians, and a guideline methodologist. The guideline panel consisted of three general surgeons, an intensive care physician, a geriatrician and a patient advocate. We conducted systematic reviews and the results of evidence synthesis were summarized in evidence tables. Recommendations were authored and published through an online authoring and publication platform (MAGICapp), with the guideline panel making use of an evidence-to-decision framework and a Delphi process to arrive at consensus.

Results

This rapid guideline provides a weak recommendation against the use of clinical scoring systems to replace cross-sectional imaging in the diagnostic approach of suspected appendicitis in elderly patients. It provides a weak recommendation against the use of antibiotics alone over surgical treatment in patients who are deemed fit for surgery, and a weak recommendation for laparoscopic over open surgery. Furthermore, it provides a summary of surgery-associated risks in elderly patients. The guidelines, with recommendations, evidence summaries and decision aids in user-friendly formats can also be accessed in MAGICapp: https://​app.​magicapp.​org/​#/​guideline/​4494.

Conclusions

This rapid guideline provides evidence-informed trustworthy recommendations on the diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis in elderly patients.
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Metadaten
Titel
EAES rapid guideline: appendicitis in the elderly
verfasst von
Stavros A. Antoniou
Dimitris Mavridis
Katerina Maria Kontouli
Vasileios Drakopoulos
Marguerite Gorter-Stam
Sture Eriksson
Marc Leone
Maria Carmen Pérez-Bocanegra
Neil J. Smart
Marco Milone
Francesco Maria Carrano
George A. Antoniou
Per Olav Vandvik
Publikationsdatum
17.05.2021
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Surgical Endoscopy / Ausgabe 7/2021
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08524-9

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