Diagnostic accuracy of the appendicitis inflammatory response (AIR) score for acute appendicitis during pregnancy: A systematic review and diagnostic meta-analysis
Yasaman Tavakoli, Behdad Ghanami, Azad Alimohammadi, Arefeh Motaharnia · 2026
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Yasaman Tavakoli and co-authors review a scoring tool for belly pain in pregnancy in this 2026 article. Appendicitis in pregnancy is hard to spot, since normal pregnancy signs can mask it. The score under review blends seven signs and lab values, such as pain site, fever, and white cell counts, into a twelve-point scale meant to rank how likely appendicitis is.
Pooling past studies, the authors found the score was right at a moderate level overall. It caught about seven in ten true cases and cleared about three in four healthy patients. Past single studies varied a lot, and some found far weaker clearing rates against scan results. The authors say the score can support, but not replace, imaging and surgical judgment, and they call for pregnancy-specific cut-off values.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yasaman Tavakoli, Behdad Ghanami, Azad Alimohammadi, Arefeh Motaharnia |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |