Assessment of appendicitis | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | p-value for sensitivity* | p-value for specificity** |
---|---|---|---|---|
At clinical examination † | 54.8 | 86.1 | 0.363 | 0.002 |
At 6 h from clinical examination ‡ | 55.4 | 86.6 | 0.529 | 0.007 |
Within the first 24 hours | 98.5 | 78.4 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Score > =16 | 58.0 | 92.7 |