Identification of children with a nondiagnostic ultrasound at a low appendicitis risk using a pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator.
Michael BravoGili Palnizky-SofferCarina ManRahim MoineddinDana Singer-HarelAugusto ZaniAndrea S DoriaSuzanne SchuhPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2024)
The children with low-risk pARC and low-risk US combination are unlikely to have appendicitis and can be discharged home. The presence of higher-risk US-pARC score combinations substantially increases the appendicitis risk and warrants reassessment or interval imaging.