Reference:

1. American Family Physician. 2010 Apr 15;81(8):1043-1044: “ACEP Releases

Guidelines on Evaluation of Suspected Acute Appendicitis”. Guideline source:
American College of Emergency Physicians
2. GP Notebook ( British medical database for general practitioners): Guidelines for the
management of Acute Appendicitis
3. SSAT Patient Care Guidelines “Appendicitis” Written & Revised September 2007
Board Approved 10/08/2007 (Society for Surgery for the Alimentary tract)

4. “EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES ON THE DIAGNOSIS AND

TREATMENT OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS” Authors: Domingo S. Bongala, Jr., MD, FPCS,
Rey Melchor F. Santos, MD, FPCS, Mario M. Panaligan, MD, FPSMID, Ferdinand E.
Cercenia. MD, FPCS, Alberto A. Paulino, MD, FPCS, Isaac David E. Ampil II, MD, FPCS,
Jose D. Quebral, MD, FPCS, Antonio L. Anastacio, MD, FPCS. For the “Philippine
College of Surgeons, Committee on Surgical Infections, 2002”