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Preoperative assessment of complicated appendicitis through stress reaction and clinical manifestations.
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- Platelet indices in patients with acute appendicitis: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2021Pooled it
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- Effect of whole-process management based on planned behavior theory on postoperative recovery of acute appendicitis patients.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Role of immature granulocyte and blood biomarkers in predicting perforated acute appendicitis using machine learning model.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- Predictive model for identification of gangrenous or perforated appendicitis in adults: a multicenter retrospective study.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Construction of a clinical prediction model for complicated appendicitis based on machine learning techniques.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- RAMA-WeRA Risk Score in Predicting the Ruptured Appendicitis in Emergency Department; a Multicenter Study for External Validation.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Development of a scoring model based on objective factors to predict gangrenous/perforated appendicitis.BMC gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Development and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Model for Complicated Appendicitis in the Elderly.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Periappendiceal fat-stranding models for discriminating between complicated and uncomplicated acute appendicitis: a diagnostic and validation study.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2021Article
- Diagnosis of Uncomplicated and Complicated Appendicitis in Adults.Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society · 2021Review
- Preoperatively predicting the pathological types of acute appendicitis using machine learning based on peripheral blood biomarkers and clinical features: a retrospective study.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Article
- Comparison of laparoscopic and open appendectomy on wound infection and healing in complicated appendicitis.International wound journal · 2020Article
- Role of Hyperbilirubinaemia as a Predictor of Complicated Appendicitis in Paediatric Population.African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPSObservational
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Abstract
This study assessed the severity of the disease through the preoperative clinical manifestations and inflammatory reaction indicators of acute appendicitis, and established a score table to predict complicated appendicitis (CA).The clinical data of 238 patients with acute appendicitis in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed, which included 18 patients with acute simple appendicitis (7.6%), 170 patients with acute purulent appendicitis (72.0%), and 48 patients with acute gangrene and perforation (20.3%). The clinical manifestations and inflammatory reaction indicators were analyzed by univariate logistic regression. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to screen out the independent risk factors of CA. The β coefficients of independent risk factors entering the multivariate model were assigned by rounding, and the total score was the sum of values of all factors. Finally, verification and analysis were performed for the predictive model, and the operating characteristic curve (ROC) curve was drawn. Then, the area under the curve (AUC) was compared with the THRIVE scale, and the Hosmer-Lemeshow method was used to evaluate whether the model fitted well.The multivariate logistic regression analysis of independent risk factors was performed, and the values were rounded to the variable assignment based on the β coefficient values. The plotted ROC and AUC was calculated as 0.857 (P < .001). Using the Hosmer-Lemeshow method, the X-value was 12.430, suggesting that the prediction model fitted well.The scoring system can quickly determine whether this is a CA, allowing for an earlier and correct diagnosis and treatment. Furthermore, the scoring system was convenient, economical, and affordable. Moreover, it is easy to popularized and promote.
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