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Willingness to undergo antibiotic treatment of acute appendicitis based on risk of treatment failure

Author(s) -

Joshua E. Rosen,

Nidhi Agrawal,

David R. Flum,

Joshua M. Liao

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

british journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1365-2168

pISSN - 0007-1323

DOI - 10.1093/bjs/znab280

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , acute appendicitis , antibiotic therapy , intensive care medicine , appendicitis , general surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

A randomized survey of 1257 respondents was used to assess willingness to undergo antibiotic treatment of appendicitis with different quoted risks of treatment failure requiring appendicectomy. Overall, 1045 respondents (83.1 per cent) were willing to try antibiotics. Even at a quoted 60 per cent risk of failure, 75 per cent of respondents were willing to attempt antibiotic treatment.

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