Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2022 Aim: This study aims to construct and validate a new score for diagnosis of complicated appendicitis in children, complicated appendicitis pediatric score (CoAPS), to guide residents' clinical decision-making on choosing the correct patients for ...
Adelais K Tzortzopoulou +6 more
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Accuracy of Pediatric Appendicitis Score [PDF]
مجله كليه طب الكنديBackground: Acute appendicitis is a common surgical problem in childhood, and its prompt diagnosis is an important issue to avoid complications and decrease the negative appendectomy rate. Pediatric appendicitis score (PAS) is one tool developed to help
Muhamed Jassim Fadhle
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The APpendicitis PEdiatric (APPE) score: a new diagnostic tool in suspected pediatric acute appendicitis [PDF]
La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2019 Our aim was to develop an APpendictis-PEdiatric score (APPE score) in quantifying risk of acute appendicitis based on combination of clinical and laboratory markers.
Mario Lima +9 more
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Pediatric appendicitis score: A retrospective analysis
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2008 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.
Goulder F, Simpson T
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Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2020 Introduction: Identification and promotion of diagnostic methods has been a continuous effort to reduce disease and its complications and reduce costs associated with treatment.
Mohammad Khaasteh +5 more
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“Kappa” conformance test between three acute appendicitis scoring systems (Pediatric Appendicitis Score/Pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator/Alvarado) in predicting appendicitis in children [PDF]
Medical Science Pulse, 2020 Background: Appendicitis is the most common abdominal emergency in the pediatric population. The clinical features of appendicitis in children are usually atypical, leading to misdiagnosis in 19–57% of preschool age children, which can result in complications.
Felicia Hendsun, Yohanes Firmansyah
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Appendicitis in children: evaluation of the pediatric appendicitis score in younger and older children. [PDF]
Surg Res Pract, 2014 Background. This study aimed to evaluate Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS), diagnostic delay, and factors responsible for possible late diagnosis in children <4 years compared with older children who were operated on for suspected appendicitis.Method.
Salö M +4 more
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Pediatric appendicitis score in the diagnosis of childhood appendicitis: a validation study
International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics, 2017 Background: Pediatric appendicitis score (PAS) is a scoring system which includes symptoms, physical examination and laboratory tests in children suspected to have appendicitis. The objectives of this study were to analyze the diagnostic value of Paediatric Appendicitis Score and to aid early diagnosis of appendicitis.Methods: A prospective study was ...
Kambalabettu Zohara Parveen +2 more
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Validity of Alvarado Score in predicting disease severity and postoperative complication in pediatric acute appendicitis [PDF]
World Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2019 Background This study evaluates the validity of Alvarado Score in predicting disease severity and the development of postoperative complications in pediatric appendicitis.Methods This is a retrospective, bicentered study on pediatric patients with ...
Kenneth K Y Wong +3 more
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High white blood cell count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate are associated with perforated appendicitis in children [PDF]
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2017 Purpose To investigate the predictors of perforated appendicitis (PA) in pediatric patients with appendicitis seen in the emergency department. Methods We retrospectively reviewed 564 pediatric patients (< 16 years) who visited the emergency department ...
Yoon Ho Kim +6 more
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