Episode 8 – A Walk in the pARC – paediatric appendicitis

A wander through the evidence and possible implications of this new calculator for aiding diagnosis of paediatric appendicitis.

Notes and References:

Kharbanda AB  et al Development and Validation of a Novel Pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator (pARC). Pediatrics 2018 141:4  

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2018/03/09/peds.2017-2699.full.pdf

Cotton D et al Validation of the Pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator in a Community Emergency Department Setting Ann Emerg Med Vol 74:4 October 2019

https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(19)30346-4/fulltext

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