Use and Outcomes of Vascular Access in Complicated Paediatric Appendicitis – A Multicentre Prospective Observational Study
AVAD insertion should be considered at appendicectomy in younger children with intra-operative findings of perforated appendicitis, appendix mass or widespread pus. Age, with a cut-off of 8 years, should be added to existing guidelines of AVAD use in appendicitis.
Authors
- Eden Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-7039)
- Ceri Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0882-1773)
- Sumita Chhabra
- Muzammil Arif Din Abdul Jabbar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4882-8486)
- John L. Bass (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-5557)
- Umar Rehman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4856-3414)
- Ferzine Mohamed
- Snigdha Reddy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3417-6445)
- Keren Sloan
- Graham Branagan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5506-7152)
- Felicity Arthur
- Joshua Cave
- Basim Hussein
- Costa Healy
- Georgina Bough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5922-0962)
- Shreya Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3783-0617)
- Khaled Ashour
- Jonathan J Neville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-3896)
- Suzanne Lawther
- Alexander Axford
- Harry Claxton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-8734)
- Stephen Marsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1354-8505)
- Ashish Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8227-0896)
- Lance T. Vernon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5619-7290)
- C. Arun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9540-3459)
- Ingo Jester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7501-8470)
- Kristy Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9278-5949)
- Rachel Harwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3440-3142)
- Debora Morgante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7616-2274)
- Rachel H. Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0385-4090)
- Hemanshoo Thakkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6259-7103)
- Elizabeth Vincent
- Benjamin Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8986-1509)
- James Balfour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0906-7071)
- Anish Kotecha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1839-8649)
- Anita J Campbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5898-1126)
- Farah Roslan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1109-8360)
- James Andrews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0097-9215)
- Katherine Lehovsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7272-9499)
- Simran Khanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0266-2670)
- Iain Yardley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6928-2267)
- R Buckle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5586-6934)
- Vanessa Coles
- Paul Fennessy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5908-2229)
- Adetokunbo Fadipe
- Nia Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0793-0967)
- Georgios Karagiannidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5420-8286)
- Mahmoud Al Aaraj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9011-9608)
- Harufumi Maki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9032-1371)
- Yen Chung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1587-4774)
- George Bethell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1302-0735)
- L Pigott
- Hetal Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9251-4820)
- Tristan Boam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4310-9631)
- E Westwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3960-5165)
- Joanne Wiltshire
- Angela Lam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0670-3009)
- Hasan Mukhtar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5358-077X)
- Ashish Desai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1014-7626)
- Nigel Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8570-9374)
- Bankole Oyewole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7933-0472)
- Caitlin Elwes
- Richard L. Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5591-7009)
- Matthew Newman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-1529)
- Anuj Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-6572)
- M Kassouf
- E. R. Bickerstaff
- Patrick Black
- Shreya Pal
- Mohammad Bader
- Sean O'donnell
- Ami Pedersen
- Sinead Hassett
- Vinay Gaikwad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6566-1537)
- Stewart Cleeve
- Saqib Mehmood
- A Ali
- Dison Feyang Limbu
- Yara Hazem Zaky
- Lucy Deller
- Bevin Arthurs
- Shannon Broom
- Ahmad Aleliwi
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- William Harvey Hospital (GB)
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (GB)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- Royal Hospital for Children (GB)
- University Hospital of Wales (GB)
- Hull Royal Infirmary (GB)
- Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children (GB)
- Royal London Hospital (GB)
- Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (GB)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- Whittington Hospital (GB)
- John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital (GB)
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin (IE)
- Bridge University (SS)
- Birmingham Women's Hospital (GB)
- Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital (GB)
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (GB)
- County Hospital (GB)
- Evelina London Children's Healthcare (GB)
- Alder Hey Children's Hospital (GB)
- Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (GB)
- Ipswich Hospital (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Salisbury University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pediatric Surgery
- Published
- 2025-07-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2025.162447
- Primary Topic
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research