title: [Acute appendicitis in children: is there an histo-clinical correlation?].
abstract: Diagnosis of appendicitis in children represents a continuing diagnostic dilemma for emergency room physicians and paediatric surgeons. If unnecessary surgery should be avoided, delayed diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis is responsible for complications. Use of a diagnostic clinical score may improve the management of children with abdominal pain. A prospective evaluation of an appendicitis score is presented here.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, hôpital d'Enfants, CHU de Dijon, 10 boulevard du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, BP 77908, 21079 Dijon cedex, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borgnon
authors.forename: P-M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Laffage
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sapin
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors