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Meckel’s diverticulum in adults: seldom suspected and frequently found

Chance S Friesen, Thomas Mario Attard, Maria Cole, Jay G Berry, Matt Hall
DOI: 10.1136/jim-2020-001581 Published 4 March 2021
Chance S Friesen
1 Gastroenterology, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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1 Gastroenterology, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Maria Cole
2 Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Jay G Berry
3 Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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4 Children's Hospital Association, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
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    (A) Gender ratio by age category of patients diagnosed with MD. (B) Income ratio of patients with MD compared with all diagnoses by age category. Dx, diagnosis; F, female; M, male; MD, Meckel's diverticulum.

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    Demographic characteristics of patients with a principal diagnosis of Meckel’s diverticulum

    Mean annual* discharges, N (%)Mean annual rate per 100 000 persons (SE)
    Discharges 20300.64 (0.04)
    Age (years)<181 (4)2.08 (0.54)
    1–17541 (26.7)0.79 (0.09)
    18–44636 (31.3)0.55 (0.05)
    45–64472 (23.3)0.58 (0.06)
    65–84262 (12.9)0.65 (0.09)
    85+N/AN/A
    GenderMale1447 (71.3)0.93 (0.06)
    Female582 (28.7)0.36 (0.04)
    Median household incomeLow469 (23.1)0.59 (0.06)
    Not low1535 (75.6)0.65 (0.04)
    Length of stay (days)Mean (SE)5.3 (0.2)
    • *2015 not used in determining the mean number of discharges.

    • N/A, not available.

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Chance S Friesen, Thomas Mario Attard, Maria Cole, Jay G Berry, Matt Hall
Journal of Investigative Medicine Mar 2021, 69 (3) 789-791; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2020-001581

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Chance S Friesen, Thomas Mario Attard, Maria Cole, Jay G Berry, Matt Hall
Journal of Investigative Medicine Mar 2021, 69 (3) 789-791; DOI: 10.1136/jim-2020-001581
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