Haemodynamic instability in the setting of an appendicular abscess defines a high-acuity presentation that requires a distinct management pathway — different in both urgency and approach from stable presentations of the same condition.
The patient has an appendicular abscess and is haemodynamically unstable. This instability is the defining factor that separates this protocol from conservative management strategies, such as percutaneous drainage, which are reserved for stable patients.
In this presentation, the clinical pathway centres on immediate surgical intervention. The full structured protocol details the precise sequence of steps and adjunctive measures that follow.
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For unstable patients an immediate appendectomy is performed followed by intra-venous antibiotics.
The treatment of an appendicular abscess can be divided into conservative treatment with intravenous antibiotics and percutaneous drainage of the abscess in stable patients.
DOI: 10.36346/sarjs.2024.v05i06.001
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