Child health · UKMLA & AKT
Appendicitis
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
Key high-yield points
- Most common cause of emergency abdominal surgery in children in the UK
- Peak incidence 10-19 years; slightly more common in males
- Classic presentation present in <50% of children - diagnosis is genuinely difficult
- Under 5s: perforation rate ~80% - underdeveloped omentum cannot contain infection, appendix wall thinner → rapid progression
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