Eliahu Bekhor, MD
CLEVELAND—Clinical and radiological advancements notwithstanding, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis remains a challenge in pregnant patients, a new study has concluded.
The investigation found that neither the four scoring systems commonly used to diagnose acute appendicitis nor MRI had a positive predictive value exceeding 40% in this patient population, to go along with negative predictive values ranging from 94% to 98%.
“Acute appendicitis