This clinical prospective diagnostic accuracy study assesses plasma sodium concentration using blood gas analysis at the emergency department in children, age 1-15 years, with suspected acute appendicitis. The overall assumption is that using plasma sodium as a biomarker, a cut-off value of \<136 mmol/L will differentiate perforated from non-perforated acute appendicitis. In addition, traditionally used clinical diagnostic variables as well as radiology used in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis will also be obtained. Histopathology will be used to define if the appendix is perforated or not.
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Plasma sodium concentration as a predictor for perforated acute appendicitis.
Timeframe: Possible predictive variables will only be obtained at one occation on the day of admission to the emergency department.