Epidemiology
1-8% of children in urgent care setting for abdominal pain, lower incidence but higher rate of perforation in children 0-4 years of age
Factors associated with increased risk of perforation (Hung et al 2012):
- Age <4yo
- Pain >24 hrs at presentation
- Fever
- Muscle guarding
- Elevated CRP (not WBC!)
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