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MINI REVIEW article

Front. Pediatr.
Sec. General Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Care
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1453927

Acute Pediatric Appendicitis in Black and White: Clinical Disparities, Impact and Future Recommendations

Provisionally accepted
Aimen Waqar Khan Aimen Waqar Khan 1*Marrium Sultan Dar Marrium Sultan Dar 1Rayyan Nabi Rayyan Nabi 2Ahmad Ali Ahmad Ali 3Muhammad Abdullah Humayun Muhammad Abdullah Humayun 4Eman Riaz Eman Riaz 5
  • 1 Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 2 Riphah International University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 3 King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 4 Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 5 Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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    Racial and ethnic disparities have long been studied in the delivery of healthcare. One such avenue is acute pediatric appendicitis, which continues to be an area of significant and continual research. Because of its routine clinical presentation and standardized management, acute pediatric appendicitis serves as an appropriate proxy for studying discrepancies in healthcare. Our review therefore aims to comprehensively highlight the various dimensions of its clinical management subject to disparities, their collective clinical impact, and future recommendations to mitigate it.

    Keywords: pediatric, Appendicitis, disparities (health racial), Appendectomy, inequity

    Received: 24 Jun 2024; Accepted: 08 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Khan, Dar, Nabi, Ali, Humayun and Riaz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Aimen Waqar Khan, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan

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