Validity of Appendicitis Inflammatory Response Score in Distinguishing Perforated from Non-Perforated Appendicitis in Children.

Zenon Pogorelić Jakov Mihanović Stipe Ninčević Bruna Lukšić Sara Elezović Baloević Ozren Polasek

Published in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)

Acute appendicitis can be detected with a high level of sensitivity and specificity using the AIR score. Also, the AIR score may differentiate perforated from non-perforated appendicitis in pediatric patients with a high level of accuracy.

Keyphrases

inflammatory response
young adults
lipopolysaccharide induced
immune response
lps induced
toll like receptor