Open AccessThe Value of Pediatric Appendicitis Score and Laboratory Findings on the Diagnosis of Pediatric Appendicitis
Author(s) -
Ahmet Ertürk,
İlker Sait Tuncer,
Özlem Balcı Ekmekçi,
Íbrahím Karaman,
Ayşe Karaman,
Çağatay Evrim Afşarlar,
Engin Yılmaz,
İsmet Faruk ÖZGÜNER,
Yusuf Hakan Çavuşoğlu,
Derya Erdoğan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
turkish journal of pediatric disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1307-4490
pISSN - 2148-3566
DOI - 10.12956/tjpd.2014.103
Subject(s) - appendicitis , medicine , acute appendicitis , value (mathematics) , general surgery , statistics , mathematics
Objective: Pediatric appendicitis score (PAS) is a scoring system which is improved to simplify the diagnosis of appendicitis in children. In this article it is aimed to investigate the efficiency of PAS and additional laboratory data in diagnosing appendicitis.
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