Do risk prediction models accurately identify adults in the UK at low risk of appendicitis to support shared decision-making?
Risk prediction models may help support shared decision-making by identifying adults at low risk of appendicitis, potentially reducing the high rates of normal appendicectomy observed in women.
Women in the UK had a disproportionate risk of admission without surgical intervention and had high rates of normal appendicectomy. Risk prediction models to support shared decision-making by identifying adults in the UK at low risk of appendicitis were identified.
Aneel Bhangu (Tue,) studied this question.