Clinical Importance of the Heel Drop Test and a New Clinical Score for Adult Appendicitis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We tried to evaluate the accuracy of the heel drop test in patients with suspected appendicitis and tried to develop a new clinical score, which incorporates the heel drop test and other parameters, for the diagnosis of this condition.

Methods

We performed a prospective observational study on adult patients with suspected appendicitis at two academic urban emergency departments between January and August 2015. The predictive characteristics of each parameter, along with heel drop test results were calculated. A composite score was generated by logistic regression analysis. The performance of the generated score was compared to that of the Alvarado score.

Results

Of the 292 enrolled patients, 165 (56.5%) had acute appendicitis. The heel drop test had a higher

SUBMITTER: Ahn S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5056713 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature