Willingness to undergo antibiotic treatment of acute appendicitis based on risk of treatment failure

J E Rosen; N Agrawal; D R Flum; J M Liao

doi:10.1093/bjs/znab280

Willingness to undergo antibiotic treatment of acute appendicitis based on risk of treatment failure

Br J Surg. 2021 Nov 11;108(11):e361-e363. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab280.

Authors

J E Rosen^{1

2}, N Agrawal^{2

3}, D R Flum^{1

2}, J M Liao^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Outcomes Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Decision Science Group, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Abstract

A randomized survey of 1257 respondents was used to assess willingness to undergo antibiotic treatment of appendicitis with different quoted risks of treatment failure requiring appendicectomy. Overall, 1045 respondents (83.1 per cent) were willing to try antibiotics. Even at a quoted 60 per cent risk of failure, 75 per cent of respondents were willing to attempt antibiotic treatment.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Appendicitis / drug therapy*
Female
Humans
Male
Risk Factors
Treatment Failure
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding