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"The Paediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator (pARC) is a clinical decision rule and predictor of the likelihood of acute appendicitis in paediatric patients. Due to the non-categorical data in some of the criteria, an integrated calculator is required to use this tool."

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"maximal tenderness in RLQ"

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"migration of pain to RLQ"

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"community ED or paediatric ED setting"

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"community ED or paediatric ED setting"

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"For a risk category of low/very low, the NPV is >98% 2."

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"For a risk category of high, the PPV is 85% 2."

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"Paediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS)"

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  • H1 Usage
  • H1 Classification
  • H1 History and etymology
  • H1 Related pathology
  • H1 See also

"Exclusion criteria"

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"Interpretation"

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