Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of elderly by use of the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tol and to compare the MNA scores with socioeconomic variables. Methods: 400 elderly males and elderly females were selected from Nagpur city, Maharashtra, India. The information on socio-demographic attributes of elderly was recorded. Nutritional status was assessed using M...

Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common causes of abdominal pain, accounting for about one-third of patients presenting to emergency services with acute abdomen. Surgeons perform about 280,000 appendectomies per year in the United States [1-3]. Despite the high prevalence, its diagnosis remains a challenge mainly among young, elderly and women of childbearing age, where a number of ot...

Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common causes of abdominal pain, accounting for about one-third of patients presenting to emergency services with acute abdomen. Surgeons perform about 280,000 appendectomies per year in the United States [1-3]. Despite the high prevalence, its diagnosis remains a challenge mainly among young, elderly and women of childbearing age, where a number of ot...

Background: Appendicitis is notorious in its ability to simulate other conditions and the frequency, it can be mimicked by pathologies. The purpose of this study was evaluate accuracy diagnostic approach incorporating modified Alvarado score system (MASS) ultrasonography with clinical findings. aim observe different modalities determining appendicitis among non-pregnant female population reprod...