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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-7203</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta médica Grupo Ángeles]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd. Grupo Ángeles]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-7203</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Grupo Ángeles, Servicios de Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-72032018000400283</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación de la escala pediátrica para apendicitis en una población mexicana]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Evaluation of pediatric appendicitis score for mexican population]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miranda Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Camacho Guerrero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ismael]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Samano Pozos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guillermo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López Valdés]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio César]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ciudad de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado Hospital Regional &#8220;Lic. Adolfo López Mateos&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas Facultad de Medicina de Tampico &#8220;Dr. Alberto Romo Caballero&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tampico Tamaulipas]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>283</fpage>
<lpage>289</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-72032018000400283&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-72032018000400283&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-72032018000400283&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Introducción:  La Escala Pediátrica para Apendicitis es una herramienta para la valoración del dolor abdominal en niños y define la probabilidad de apendicitis, mediante una escala objetiva que valora la presencia de ocho signos y síntomas.  Objetivo:  Demostrar la utilidad de la Escala Pediátrica para Apendicitis para el dolor abdominal aplicado en un Servicio de Urgencias en una población mexicana.  Material y métodos:  Se realizó un estudio observacional, prospectivo y longitudinal en el que se adoptó la Escala Pediátrica para Apendicitis como herramienta rápida para el diagnóstico de apendicitis aguda. Se determinó emplear una población a conveniencia de 250 pacientes. Se incluyeron pacientes de uno u otro sexo con dolor abdominal agudo, entre los seis meses y 17 años de edad. Se excluyeron aquellos casos con medicación previa a su ingreso, deficiencias en el llenado del instrumento, alta voluntaria sin haber terminado el protocolo de estudio y quienes no acudieron a la revaloración a las 48 horas.  Resultados:  Del total de la muestra (n = 232), el 31% (n = 72) tuvo apendicitis; el 77% (n = 55) fueron hombres, 23% (n = 17) mujeres. La calificación que obtuvieron en la escala fue de 7.59 ± 2.052, con un promedio de 9.02 ± 5.32 horas de evolución.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Introduction:  The &#8220;Pediatric Appendicitis Score&#8221;, is a tool for the evaluation of abdominal pain in children and defines the probability of appendicitis, using an objective scale that assesses the presence of 8 signs and symptoms.  Aim:  To demonstrate the usefulness of Pediatric Appendicitis Score for abdominal pain applied in an emergency.  Material and methods:  An observational, prospective and longitudinal study in the Pediatric Appendicitis Score was adopted as a quick tool for the diagnosis of appendicitis was performed acute, was determined to employ a population of 250 patients by convenience. Male and female patients with acute abdominal pain were included, between six months and 17 years old. Those patients whose relatives refused participation in the study were excluded. They were eliminated subjects prior to admission medication, deficiencies in filling the instrument, who requested voluntary discharge without having completed the study protocol, and those who did not attend the reassessment to 48 hours.  Results:  The total sample (n = 232), of which 31% (n = 72) had appendicitis; 77% (n = 55) were men, 23% (n = 17) women. The grade obtained in the score, average was 7.59 ± 2.052, with an average of 9.02 ± 5.32 hours of evolution.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Apendicectomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[escala pediátrica para apendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[vía clínica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Appendicectomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[appendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pediatric appendicitis score]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[clinical pathway]]></kwd>
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