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Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2023 Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common type of acute abdomen that requires surgical intervention in children. According to general pediatric textbooks, the presence of vomiting before abdominal pain is considered a classic patient history item
Hiroki Kitaoka +4 more
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The Role of Alvarado and Pediatric Appendicitis Score in Acute Appendicitis in Children
Journal of Pediatric Research, 2020 Aim:Acute appendicitis (AA) is the condition that most commonly requires a surgical procedure in children presenting to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain.
Yelda Türkmenoğlu +8 more
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Alvarado vs. Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) in Acute Appendicitis of Children
Iranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020 Introduction: Acute appendicitis in children is associated with morbidity and mortality due to late diagnosis. Several scoring systems, such as Alvarado and PAS have been developed to help diagnose acute appendicitis in children to make the most accurate
Davoud Badebarin +2 more
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Development of a clinical scoring system for appendicitis in children with presumed appendicitis [PDF]
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2018 Purpose To develop a clinical scoring system for children with presumed appendicitis who visit the emergency department. Methods A registry based-retrospective study was conducted in the pediatric emergency department between September 2015 and December ...
Soo Han Chung +7 more
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Data-Driven Diagnostics for Pediatric Appendicitis: Machine Learning to Minimize Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Surgeries [PDF]
Future InternetPediatric appendicitis remains a challenging condition to diagnose accurately due to its varied clinical presentations and the non-specific nature of symptoms, particularly in younger patients.
Deborah Maffezzoni +2 more
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Forbes Tıp DergisiObjective: Acute appendicitis (AA) is a common cause of acute abdominal pain in pediatric patients. The diagnosis of AA in children can sometimes be difficult to make accurately. For this reason, ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) are also
Tuğçe NALBANT +4 more
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The Assessment of Modified Alvarado Score in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis [PDF]
Diyala Journal of Medicine, 2019 Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency. The case fatality rate has fallen to less than 0.1% for uncomplicated appendicitis as a result of early diagnosis and intervention.
Baha Al deen A.K. Almujamaee
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Combining Ultrasound with a Pediatric Appendicitis Score to Distinguish Complicated from Uncomplicated Appendicitis in a Pediatric Population. [PDF]
Acta Inform Med, 2020 The accurate diagnosis of complicated appendicitis has been improved by using various diagnostic modalities. However, no preoperative diagnostic method could completely confirm the results. Therefore, preoperative diagnosis of complicated appendicitis to have the right management is still a huge challenge.The aim of this study was to evaluate the ...
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Clinical Prediction Scores for Pediatric Appendicitis [PDF]
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020 Abstract Introduction The rate of misdiagnosis of appendicitis in children is a challenge and clinical prediction scores could be part of the solution. However, the pediatric appendicitis score (PAS) and the Alvarado score have shown disappointing diagnostic accuracy in pediatric validation studies, while the appendicitis inflammatory ...
Johanna Gudjonsdottir +3 more
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Scoring System for Differentiation of Complicated Appendicitis in Pediatric Patients: Appendicitis Scoring System in Children [PDF]
Global Pediatric Health, 2021 Although several scoring systems have been used to differentiate simple acute appendicitis from perforated appendicitis, no particular system has been widely accepted. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate preoperative factors associated with complicated appendicitis and to develop a scoring system that distinguishes complicated appendicitis in ...
Yujin Lee +4 more
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