Pediatric appendicitis score: A retrospective analysis.
作者信息
Goulder F, Simpson T
机构信息
Department of General Surgery, Kent and Sussex Hospital, UK.
出版信息
J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2008 Oct;13(4):125-7. doi: 10.4103/0971-9261.44761.
Abstract
AIMS
Evaluation of the pediatric appendicitis score (PAS), in all patients who had an appendicectomy over a one-year period.
METHODS
Retrospective study of 56 patients aged 4-15 years, who underwent an emergency appendicectomy. PAS was applied and patients were divided according to the PAS protocol into high probability and low probability groups. These results were then correlated with histology.
RESULTS
The PAS had sensitivity 0.87, specificity 0.59, positive predictive value 0.83, and negative predictive value 0.67. The negative appendicectomy rate would have been reduced to 17%, but five patients with appendicitis would have been denied early surgical treatment and may have been discharged.
CONCLUSIONS
The PAS cannot be recommended as it would lead to an unacceptable risk of wrongly discharging or delaying necessary surgery in 13% of patients with appendicitis.
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