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Lead
Venaxis, Inc.
Age
2–20
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
2 to 20 years old (up until the 21st birthday),
Right lower quadrant or poorly localized abdominal pain, or tenderness that includes the right lower quadrant, and/or other features including, but not limited to, nausea, vomiting, and/or anorexia, requiring acute appendicitis to be added to the differential,
Onset of abdominal pain within 72 hours or less,
Patients of either gender may participate and,
Patient or accompanying parent or guardian is able to provide informed consent.
You may not be if
History includes prior appendectomy,
Subjects whose presentation history and physical examination place them at such high risk of acute appendicitis that it would be clinically reasonable to proceed with exploratory laparotomy and/or appendectomy without advanced imaging,
Treatment with any immunosuppressive medication or chemotherapeutic agents within 28 days, or systemic steroids (oral or intravenous) within 14 days,
History of end-stage, metastatic cancer or an active immune disorder,
History includes abdominal trauma or invasive abdominal procedures/surgery within the previous two weeks,
Patients who have received diagnostic imaging (CT, MRI, or US) for abdominal pain in the previous two weeks,
Patients with report of abdominal pain greater than 72 hours,
History of active bleeding disorder, which may complicate phlebotomy or placement of peripheral IV catheter,
Participation in a research study within the previous 30 days,
Prisoners of an adult or juvenile detention center, and
Subject, parent or guardian unable to provide informed consent.
Clareo Health | The Performance of the APPY1 Test in the Evaluation of Possible Acute Appendicitis
