Appendectomy is also one of the costliest surgical procedures performed during hospital stays; however, treating appendicitis with intravenous antibiotics alone, known as nonoperative management ...

Using antibiotics alone to treat children with uncomplicated appendicitis is a cost-saving alternative to surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons ...

Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluids to cope with a supply shortage caused by Hurricane Helene.

The clinical concept behind switch, step down and sequential therapy is, however, identical: switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics with similar or identical bacterial coverage.

For patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, the noninferiority of oral antibiotics alone compared with a combination of intravenous and oral antibiotics could not be demonstrated in a ...