Acute appendicitis

Published by:Japanese Society for Abdominal Emergency Medicine; Japan Radiological Society; Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery; Japan Primary Care Association

Last published:2016

Diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis: EAES consensus development conference 2015[13]

Published by:European Association for Endoscopic Surgery

Last published:2016

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Acute appendicitis

International guidelines

Acute abdominal pain[140]Starship Child Health. Acute abdominal pain. Mar 2024 [internet publication]. https://starship.org.nz/guidelines/acute-abdominal-pain

SAGES guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis[50]Kumar SS, Collings AT, Lamm R, et al. SAGES guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis. Surg Endosc. 2024 Jun;38(6):2974-94. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38740595?tool=bestpractice.com

ACR appropriateness criteria: right lower quadrant pain - suspected appendicitis[33]American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria: right lower quadrant pain - suspected appendicitis. 2022 [internet publication]. https://acsearch.acr.org/docs/69357/Narrative

ACR appropriateness criteria: acute nonlocalized abdominal pain[54]American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria: acute nonlocalized abdominal pain. 2018 [internet publication]. https://acsearch.acr.org/docs/69467/Narrative

Acute abdominal pain[140]

SAGES guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis[50]

ACR appropriateness criteria: right lower quadrant pain - suspected appendicitis[33]

ACR appropriateness criteria: acute nonlocalized abdominal pain[54]