Book
Acute Appendicitis
- Annexes
Table 1 Quality and Significance of the four levels of evidence in GRADE
Table 2 Factors that determine How to upgrade or downgrade the quality of evidence
Table 3: Adult appendicitis score (AAS).
|
Symptoms and findings |
Score |
|
|
Pain in RLQ |
2 |
|
|
Pain relocation |
2 |
|
|
RLQ tenderness |
3/1 |
|
|
Guarding |
Mild |
2 |
|
Moderate or severe |
4 |
|
|
Laboratory tests |
||
|
Blood leukocyte count (×109) |
≥7.2 and <10.9 |
1 |
|
≥10.9 and <14.0 |
2 |
|
|
≥14.0 |
3 |
|
|
The proportion of neutrophils (%) |
≥62 and <75 |
2 |
|
≥75 and <83 |
3 |
|
|
≥83 |
4 |
|
|
CRP (mg/l), symptoms < 24 h |
≥4 and <11 |
2 |
|
≥11 and <25 |
3 |
|
|
≥25 and <83 |
5 |
|
|
≥83 |
1 |
|
|
CRP (mg/l), symptoms > 24 h |
≥12 and <53 |
2 |
|
≥53 and <152 |
2 |
|
|
≥152 |
1 |
|
AAS Risk Stratification: Score 0–10 For Low Probability. Score 11–15 for Intermediate Probability. Score ≥ 16 for High Probability of AA. Men and women age 50+/women, age 16–49.
Table 4: Alvarado score.
