Evaluation of appendicitis risk prediction models in adults with suspected appendicitis.
CONCLUSION: Women in the UK had a disproportionate risk of admission without surgical intervention and had high rates of normal appendicectomy. Risk prediction models to support shared decision-making by identifying adults in the UK at low risk of appendicitis were identified.
PMID: 31797357 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: RIFT Study Group on behalf of the West Midlands Research Collaborative Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research