Alkan Bal, Murat Anil, Müge Nartürk, Tunç Özdemir, Ahmet Arikan, Gökhan Köylüoğlu, Burak Polat, Nuri Erdoğan, Umit Bayol, Alp Özgüzer, Ayfer Çolak
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare the pediatric appendicitis score (PAS), the Alvarado score (AS), white blood cell count (WBC), absolute neutrophil count (ANC), C-reactive protein (CRP) level, procalcitonin level, and ultrasound (US) data, with the appendectomy decisions of pediatric surgeons diagnosing acute appendicitis (AA) in a real-life setting; this was a top-level, high-volume pediatric emergency department (PED) in a developing country. METHODS: The study was conducted prospectively between January 2012 and June 2013 in the PED of the Tepecik Teaching and Research Hospital in Izmir, Turkey...
September 2017: Pediatric Emergency Care