Open AccessSeasonal variations of acute appendicitis and nonspecific abdominal pain in Finland
Author(s) -
Imre Ilves,
Anne Fagerström,
KarlHeinz Herzig,
Petri Juvonen,
Pekka Miettinen,
Hannu Paajanen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i14.4037
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , acute appendicitis , acute abdominal pain , seasonality , abdominal pain , relative humidity , appendicitis , medicine , veterinary medicine , gastroenterology , biology , surgery , meteorology , ecology , geography , physics , optics
To investigate whether seasonal changes had an effect on the incidence of acute appendicitis (AA) or nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP).