Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data for the study population.
Table 2.
Features of the Alvarado score and heel drop test in assessing acute appendicitis.
Table 3.
Development of the MESH score.
Fig 1.
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis for the MESH score and the Alvarado score.
MESH Migration, Elevated WBC, Shift to left, and Heel drop test; AUC area under ROC curve; CI confidence interval.
Fig 2.
Box plot displaying the distribution of the MESH score in patients with a normal appendix, uncomplicated appendicitis, and perforated appendicitis (cutoff of 5).
MESH Migration, Elevated WBC, Shift to left, and Heel drop test.
Table 4.
Performance of the parameters included in the Alvarado score, heel drop test, calculated MESH score, and the Alvarado score*.
Table 5.
Performance of the MESH score and the Alvarado score according to gender*.