Clinical Scoring for Diagnosis of Acute Lower Abdominal Pain in Female of Reproductive Age

Table 3

Criteria for diagnostic preferences in acute lower abdominal pain, using the derived scores.

Diagnostic preferences	Criteria
Appendicitis	Appendicitis score > OB-GYN score; and appendicitis score > 0
Common OB-GYN conditions (OB-GYNc)	OB-GYN score ≥ appendicitis score; and OB-GYN score > 0
Nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP)	Appendicitis score ≤ 0 and OB-GYN score ≤ 0