Ruling out Appendicitis in Children: Can We Use Clinical Prediction Rules?
Paul van AmstelRamon R GorterJohanna H van der LeeHuib A CenseRoel BakxHugo A HeijPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)
This study identified seven CPRs that could be used in a prospective cohort study to compare their ability to rule out appendicitis in children and investigate if clinical monitoring and re-evaluation instead of performing additional investigations (i.e., ultrasound) is a safe treatment strategy in case there is low suspicion of appendicitis.