ABSTRACT
Acute appendicitis in children is one of the leading causes of abdominal emergencies that require immediate surgery. The authors conducted research to determine the accuracy of the Paediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) based on age group in acute appendicitis patients. Data were analysed by bivariate analysis with appropriate hypothesis testing. The results were then reanalysed by dividing the PAS value according to age group, and the sensitivity of the PAS to the histopathological outcomes found in the appendix tissue was then calculated to assess the accuracy of the PAS in each age group. There was no statistically significant relationship between PAS and outcomes in the <5 years age group. Overall, PAS accuracy was higher, at 77.6%, in the 13-18 age group. There is no statistically significant relationship between PAS value and appendicitis diagnosis in the under 5 age group.
