A scoring system to predict the severity of appendicitis in children.

Autor: Gorter RR; Department of Paediatric Surgery, Paediatric Surgical Centre of Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital AMC & VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, The Netherlands. Electronic address: rr.gorter@vumc.nl., van den Boom AL; Department of Surgery, IJsselland Hospital, Capelle aan Den IJssel, The Netherlands., Heij HA; Department of Paediatric Surgery, Paediatric Surgical Centre of Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital AMC & VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Kneepkens CM; Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Hulsker CC; Department of Paediatric Surgery, Paediatric Surgical Centre of Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital AMC & VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Tenhagen M; Department of Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, The Netherlands., Dawson I; Department of Surgery, IJsselland Hospital, Capelle aan Den IJssel, The Netherlands., van der Lee JH; Division Woman and Child, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of surgical research [J Surg Res] 2016 Feb; Vol. 200 (2), pp. 452-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Aug 31.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.08.042
Abstrakt: Background: It appears that two forms of appendicitis exist. Preoperative distinction between the two is essential to optimize treatment outcome. This study aimed to develop a scoring system to accurately determine the severity of appendicitis in children.
Materials and Methods: Historical cohort study of pediatric patients (aged 0-17 y old) with appendicitis treated between January 2010 and December 2012. Division into simple, complex appendicitis, or another condition based on preset criteria. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to build the prediction model with subsequent validation.
Results: There were 64 patients with simple and 66 with complex appendicitis. Five variables explained 64% of the variation. Independent validation of the derived prediction model in a second cohort (55 simple and 10 complex appendicitis patients) demonstrated 90% sensitivity (54-99), 91% specificity (79-97), a positive predictive value of 64% (36-86), and an negative predictive value of 98% (88-100). The likelihood ratio+ was 10 (4.19-23.42), and likelihood ratio- was 0.11 (0.02-0.71). Diagnostic accuracy was 91% (84-98).
Conclusions: Our scoring system consisting of five variables can be used to exclude complex appendicitis in clinical practice if the score is <4.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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