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Development and Validation of an Ultrasound Scoring System for Children with Suspected Acute Appendicitis by Sara C. Fallon; Robert C. Orth; R. Paul Guillerman; Martha M. Munden; Wei Zhang; Simone C. Elder; Andrea T. Cruz; Mary L. Brandt; Monica E. Lopez; George S. Bisset is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Development and Validation of an Ultrasound Scoring System for Children with Suspected Acute Appendicitis about?
## Background: To facilitate consistent, reliable communication among providers, we developed a scoring system (appy-score) for reporting limited right lower quadrant ultrasound (us) exams performed for suspected pediatric appendicitis. ## Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate implementation of this scoring system and its ability to risk-stratify children with suspected appendicitis. ## Materials and methods: In this hipaa compliant, institutional review board-approved study, the appy-score was applied retrospectively to all limited abdominal us exams ordered for suspected pediatric appendicitis through our emergency department during a 5-month pre-implementation period (jan 1, 2013, to may 31, 2013), and appy-score use was tracked prospectively post-implementation (july 1, 2013, to sept. 30,2013). appy-score strata were: 1 = normal completely visualized appendix; 2 = normal partially visualized appendix; 3 = non-visualized appendix, 4 = equivocal, 5a = non-perforated appendicitis and 5b = perforated appendicitis. appy-score use, frequency of appendicitis by appy-score stratum, and diagnostic performance measures of us exams were computed using operative and clinical
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- Author
- Sara C. Fallon; Robert C. Orth; R. Paul Guillerman; Martha M. Munden; Wei Zhang; Simone C. Elder; Andrea T. Cruz; Mary L. Brandt; Monica E. Lopez; George S. Bisset
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)