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Annals of Pediatric Surgery

Table 1 Relationship of duration of symptoms with the severity of acute appendicitis

From: Predictive values of Alvarado score, serum C-reactive protein, and white blood cell count in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: a prospective study

Duration in hours

Acute appendicitis

p value

Complicated

n (%)

Simple (uncomplicated)

n (%)

0.001

≤ 24

10 (19.2)

17 (58.6)

 

> 24

42 (80.8)

12 (41.4)

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