Diagnostic accuracy of doctors at the emergency department and radiologists in differentiating between complicated and uncomplicated acute appendicitis.
Jochem C G ScheijmansWouter J BomRabia S DenizAnna A W van GelovenMarja A Boermeesternull nullPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2024)
More than half of all patients with true complicated appendicitis is incorrectly classified as uncomplicated appendicitis according to the judgements of doctors at ED, integrating clinical, laboratory, and imaging results, and of radiologists assessing diagnostic imaging. These judgements are thereby not sufficiently reliable in ruling out complicated appendicitis.