Diagnostic Accuracy Rates of Appendicitis Scoring Systems for the Stratified Age Groups

Table 1

Variables used in scoring systems.

	Alv	Rip	Tza	AIRS	Esk	Ohm	Lint	Fen	Krm
CRP				+
WBC	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+
PMNL				+					+
Appendicitis in USG			+
Nationality		+
Gender		+					+	+
Age		+				+
Pain RLQ		+		+	+	+	+
Pain level							+
Pain else RLQ								+
Pain progression								+
Migration of pain to the RLQ	+	+				+	+	+	+
Nausea, vomiting	+	+		+			+	+
Loss of appetite, anorexia	+	+							+
Duration of complaints		+			+			+
İncreasing pain with cough								+	+
Rigidity, defense		+		+	+	+	+	+
RLQ tenderness	+	+	+		+	+
Rebound tenderness	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Rovsing sign		+
Fever	+	+		+			+
Leucocyte left shift (>%75 neu)	+
Absent tinkling or high-pitched bowel sounds							+
Negative urine analysis. Absence of blood, WBC, bacteria)		+				+

Alv: Alvarado score, Rip: Ripasa score, Tza: Tzanakis score, AIRS: appendicitis inflammatory response score, Esk: Eskelinen score, Ohm: Ohmann score, Lint: Lintula score, Fen: Fenyo-Lindberg score, Krm: Karaman score. CRP: C-reactive protein, WBC: white blood cell, PMNL: polymorphonuclear leukocyte, USG: ultrasound imaging, RLQ: right lower quadrant.