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<journal-id>1684-1824</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Med.Electrón.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1824</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1684-18242024000100002</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Elementos clínicos para el diagnóstico de apendicitis aguda en la atención primaria de salud]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical elements for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in the primary health care]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Monet-Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yadiel Esteban]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez-Valdés]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mara Verónica]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Denis-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>46</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242024000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242024000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242024000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La apendicitis aguda se manifiesta, en ocasiones, con una variada e inespecífica presentación clínica, lo que dificulta su diagnóstico oportuno y favorece el riesgo de complicaciones. El objetivo es actualizar la información relacionada con las características clínicas de la apendicitis aguda, para lo que se realizó una revisión no sistemática de la literatura hasta abril del año 2022. Se revisaron artículos, libros especializados y citas bibliográficas de estudios elegidos, 20 de los cuales fueron seleccionados para la revisión. Mediante esta investigación se concluye que la primera y principal manifestación clínica es el dolor abdominal. El paciente debe someterse a una cuidadosa exploración física, incluyendo un examen rectal si lo precisa, y en las mujeres a un examen ginecológico si existiera duda diagnóstica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Acute appendicitis is manifested, sometimes, with a varied and unspecific clinical presentation, which makes difficult its timely diagnosis and favors the complication risk. The objective is to update the information related to the clinical characteristics of acute appendicitis, for which a non-systematic review of the literature was carried out until April 2022. Articles, specialized books and bibliographic citations of selected studies were reviewed, 20 of which were chosen for the review. Through this research it is concluded that the first and main manifestation is abdominal pain. The patient should undergo a rigorous physical examination, including a rectal examination if necessary, and in the case of women, a gynecological examination if there is diagnostic doubt.]]></p></abstract>
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