Desarrollo y validación de una puntuación de riesgo para predecir apendicitis aguda no complicada

Amine Ben Safta1, Imen Samaali1, Chadli Dziri1

  • 1Department B of General Surgery - Charles Nicolle's Hospital - Medical School, Tunis El Manar University - Tunisia.

La Tunisie medicale
|February 19, 2026
PubMed
Resumen

Una nueva puntuación puede predecir la apendicitis aguda no complicada (UCAA) con un 96 % de precisión. Los factores incluyen la duración de los síntomas, la defensa en el cuadrante inferior derecho y los niveles de proteína C reactiva (PCR), lo que ayuda a diagnosticar la apendicitis.

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