Introduction:

The “Pediatric Appendicitis Score”, is a tool for the evaluation of abdominal pain in children and defines the probability of appendicitis, using an objective scale that assesses the presence of 8 signs and symptoms.

Aim:

To demonstrate the usefulness of Pediatric Appendicitis Score for abdominal pain applied in an emergency.

Material and methods:

An observational, prospective and longitudinal study in the Pediatric Appendicitis Score was adopted as a quick tool for the diagnosis of appendicitis was performed acute, was determined to employ a population of 250 patients by convenience. Male and female patients with acute abdominal pain were included, between six months and 17 years old. Those patients whose relatives refused participation in the study were excluded. They were eliminated subjects prior to admission medication, deficiencies in filling the instrument, who requested voluntary discharge without having completed the study protocol, and those who did not attend the reassessment to 48 hours.

Results:

The total sample (n = 232), of which 31% (n = 72) had appendicitis; 77% (n = 55) were men, 23% (n = 17) women. The grade obtained in the score, average was 7.59 ± 2.052, with an average of 9.02 ± 5.32 hours of evolution.