Research Article
Appendicitis in Children: Evaluation of the Pediatric Appendicitis Score in Younger and Older Children
Table 2
Comparison of PAS in older and younger patients.
| | PAS | ≥4 years
| <4 years
| value |
| | PAS (mean (range)) | 6.60 (2–10) | 5.25 (2–9) | 0.005* |
| | PAS ≥ 5 (%) | Sensitivity: 87.3
Specificity: 14.2
PPV: 93.2
NPV: 7.6 | Sensitivity: 70.5
Specificity: 66.7
PPV: 92.3
NPV: 28.5 | 0.085** |
| | PAS ≥ 6 (%) | Sensitivity: 70.5
Specificity: 14.2
PPV: 91.7
NPV: 3.4 | Sensitivity: 41.2
Specificity: 100.0
PPV: 100.0
NPV: 23.1 | 0.018** |
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PAS: Pediatric Appendicitis Score; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value; *Mann-Whitney -test, two-tailed; **Fisher’s exact test, two-tailed.
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