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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Gastroenterology
  • Surgical Diagnostics

Background:

  • Acute appendicitis is a common pediatric surgical emergency requiring timely diagnosis.
  • Symptoms like diarrhea and vomiting can mimic acute gastroenteritis, delaying appendicitis treatment.
  • Accurate differentiation between appendicitis and gastroenteritis in children is clinically challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify independent predictors distinguishing acute appendicitis from acute gastroenteritis in pediatric patients presenting with abdominal pain and diarrhea.
  • To develop and validate a predictive model for acute appendicitis in this cohort.
  • To compare the performance of the new model against the established Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS).

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective case-control study involving children admitted with abdominal pain and diarrhea.
  • Patients were categorized into acute appendicitis and acute gastroenteritis groups.
  • Multiple logistic regression and ROC curve analysis were used to identify predictors and assess model performance.

Main Results:

  • The study included 32 appendicitis cases and 82 gastroenteritis cases.
  • Key predictors for appendicitis were identified as vomiting, right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain, stool occult blood (OB), elevated white blood cell (WBC) count, and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP).
  • A revised combined model demonstrated superior discrimination compared to the PAS model.

Conclusions:

  • Vomiting, RLQ pain, OB, WBC, and CRP are significant predictors for differentiating pediatric appendicitis from gastroenteritis.
  • The developed predictive model aids in timely and accurate diagnosis of appendicitis in children presenting with diarrhea.
  • This approach can improve clinical decision-making and potentially reduce delays in surgical intervention for appendicitis.