Pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator (pARC)
Quantifies appendicitis risk in pediatric patients with abdominal pain, possibly better than the Pediatric Appendicitis Score.
Use in children ≥5 years old presenting to the emergency department or outpatient setting with acute abdominal pain (duration <96 hours).
Result:
Anupam Kharbanda, MD, is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and Chief of Critical Care Services at Children's Minnesota. He has published numerous articles and several textbook chapters in the field of pediatric emergency medicine and he is nationally recognized for his work on developing clinical pathways for the management of pediatric appendicitis. Dr. Kharbanda currently co-leads a federally-funded multi-center study to implement appendicitis care pathways into the HealthPartners and Kaiser Northern California health systems, and additional current research areas include developing and implementing evidenced-based care pathways in order to enhance patient experience, improve quality of care, and minimize health care expenditures.
- Derek Tam, MD, MPH
