Acute appendicitis always need surgical treatment. If appendectomy is not performed immediately, perforation of appendix and peritoneal contamination will complicate the disease. The highest incidence of appendicitis is in late teen, with 5% incidence in children under 5 years old. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between onset of abdominal pain with the severity of pediatric acute appendicitis and to know the different of average leukocyte count of pediatric acute appendicitis between appendicitis and appendicitis complication. This study was analytical comparative and analytical correlative with retrospective approach. About 68 medical records of pediatric acute appendicitis patient in Arifin Achmad General Hospital Riau Province period January 2018 – December 2019 were analyzed. The result showed appendicitis case in children was same affected girls and boys mostly in group age 6-12 years old. Onset of abdominal pain was mostly after 48 hours of the disease. About 69.1% patient was suffering of appendicitis complication. Leukocytosis was found in 76.5% patients. Statistics analysis using unpaired t test showed p=0.00, it meant a significant different of average leukocyte count between appendicitis and appendicitis complication. IC95%=4015.7-6683.1. Statistics analysis using Somers’d correlative test show p=0.00. From this study, it can be concluded that there was a significant different of average leukocyte count between appendicitis and appendicitis complication also there was a significant correlation between onset of abdominal pain with severity of pediatric acute appendicitis with strong power correlation.
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