Improving Appendicitis Prediction in Children Using the Paediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS): A Three-Year Retrospective Study.

Cureus · 2025 · PMC12379751 · PMID 40873925

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Following the educational intervention, the negative-appendicectomy rate fell from 29.5% to 17.6%, a clinically notable 12-point drop that did not reach statistical significance.

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Mean PAS was nearly 1.5 points higher in children with histology-proven appendicitis than in those with a normal appendix (6.18±1.50 vs 4.69±1.85), a difference that remained highly significant on both parametric and non-parametric testing.

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