Eskelinen et al reported a simple score the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. The authors are from Kuopio University in Finland and Barretos Cancer Hospital in Brazil.
Patient selection: abdominal pain
Parameters:
(1) sex
(2) nausea
(3) vomiting
(4) appetite
(5) use of alcohol (amount not specified)
(6) abdominal tenderness
Parameters
Finding
Points
sex
female
0
male
2.60
nausea
no
0
yes
1.15
vomiting
no
0
yes
0.84
poor appetite
no
0
yes
1.57
use of alcohol
no
0
yes
3.06
abdominal tenderness
no
0
yes
1.96
diagnostic score =
= SUM(points for all of the parameters) - 9.43
Interpretation:
• minimum score: -9.43
• A score >= 0.0165 was considered positive.
Performance:
• The area under the ROC curve is reported as 0.94 which is unexpected.
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