Table 1.

Adult Appendicitis Score

Symptoms and findings		Score
Pain in RLQ		2
Pain relocation		2
RLQ tenderness	Women, age 16-49	1
	All other patients	3
Guarding	mild	2
	moderate or severe	4
Laboratory tests
Blood leukocyte count (x109)	> = 7.2 and <10.9	1
	> = 10.9 and <14.0	2
	> = 14.0	3
Proportion of neutrophils (%)	> = 62 and < 75	2
	> = 75 and < 83	3
	> = 83	4
CRP (mg/l), symptoms < 24 h	> = 4 and <11	2
	> = 11and <25	3
	> = 25 and <83	5
	> = 83	1
CRP (mg/l), symptoms > 24 h	> = 12 and <53	2
	> = 53 and <152	2
	> = 152	1

RLQ, right lower abdominal quadrant